Permanent

The dysphoric brain is permanently miswired from birth. Caught in a conflict between its conditioning and instincts running counter to birth sex, it tries to resolve this gap in any way possible while navigating the heavy restrictions of our world. In the end we are often left with methods that curtail dysphoria which do not involve the ingestion of cross sex hormones plus the possibility of their addition. However for many if not most of us the dysphoria is at best reduced but not entirely eliminated particularly if the methods to combat it began late which is why young trans kids today have more than a fighting chance before too many years are spent in internal turmoil. The reason I have always recommended that caution be used for those of us who are older is that medical transition does not always resolve dysphoria in a fully satisfying manner and often introduces other life impacts that can leave us bitter. This is certainly not true in every case as some are deliriously content