Even if these thoughts are “motivated cognition” as far as I can tell there’s not any cure for them. You can view surgery and/or HRT as a palliative answer for not hating your body.
Might not be. In the worst case (as in BDD), body mod doesn’t help. In the best case, you actually have a different problem (gender roles too stifling, some genderqueerness that only requires some accommodation rather than full transition, a different problems with your body or with social roles, a different psychological problem) and solving that helps.
Even if these thoughts are “motivated cognition” as far as I can tell there’s not any cure for them. You can view surgery and/or HRT as a palliative answer for not hating your body.
Might not be. In the worst case (as in BDD), body mod doesn’t help. In the best case, you actually have a different problem (gender roles too stifling, some genderqueerness that only requires some accommodation rather than full transition, a different problems with your body or with social roles, a different psychological problem) and solving that helps.
This is why most things recommend transitioning slowly and/or in steps. HRT before surgery, living as whatever gender before surgery, etc.