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Originally Posted by GenCat
I agree, but if that was what he was thinking, he should have told me. He has never udder the words gender dysmorphia to me. I am only being treated for GAD. When I told him I hate them in my long explanations of reasoning, he also blew that out of proportion. I don't hate breasts, I hate my large problematic ones that get in my way physically and are sore all the time...that's why I hate them not because I wish I had no breasts and or vagina and wished I had a penis. Has nothing to do with me. Sure I am questioning if I am a lesbian, but I would be what they call a "lipstick lesbian" or one who looks straight and couldn't be gay. I love breasts, on me or on any woman.
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I didn't mean to suggest that you had gender dysmorphia, just used it as an obvious example where psychiatrists get involved with surgical decisions (in the US in an effectively mandatory way for any board certified surgeon.)
From what you're saying its not psychological. I wonder what the Pdoc sees. FWIW GAD and BDD (obsessional thinking about a 'minor' or unproblematic part of your body,) are somewhat related; people with GAD are at high risk for developing BDD. Maybe that's the reason this was a warning sign for him.