The Body I Live in. Perceptions and Meanings of Body Dissatisfaction in Young Transgender Adults: A Qualitative Study

Difference between dysphoria and dysmorphia

Respondents indeed reported a high level of self-awareness concerning their body and their attempts to attack and alter it. This is surprising, considering that as literature points out cisgender subjects with eating disorders usually show a lack of self-awareness regarding their symptoms, or rather that they tend to deny having issues with eating and to “escape” from their negative view of themselves.

• https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9113733