How to Use dysphoria in a Sentence
dysphoria
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For pundits and politicians, stoking the flames of tech dysphoria is all fun and games.
—Larry Downes, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
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That's where a lot of my dysphoria and euphoria comes from.
—Leah Campano, Seventeen, 30 Aug. 2022
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The dysphoria was stealing the grin that swimming had gifted me.
—Schuyler Bailar, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2017
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Not being able to be shirtless without a binder or tape causes a lot of dysphoria for me.
—Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
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Some days Tanner likes the idea, and other days not — depending on his body dysphoria.
—New York Times, 16 June 2018
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Gender dysphoria is a real thing and a real misery for those suffering from it, as Ryan talks about with the tenderness of a father and a brother.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 1 Mar. 2021
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The complaint also adds that Yoakam’s dysphoria has worsened over the years, especially in relation to his chest.
—NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
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Though for trans people, fashion isn’t merely a form of expression, but a way to fight dysphoria in their early transition.
—Tiana Randall, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
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While in prison Manning had received hormone treatment and care for gender dysphoria.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 May 2017
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The report’s conclusion that the gender-dysphoria treatments fail that test opens the door to coverage being denied.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2022
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Next his concerned parents are checking him into a treatment center for those with species dysphoria.
—Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
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More than 100 people asked if the technology could ease the dysphoria caused by a mismatch between their voice and gender identities.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021
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After the birth, Janet complained of hemorrhaging and dysphoria, but doctors assured her that both her bleeding and her blues were normal.
—Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
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Each time a doctor performed a pelvic exam, or a nurse placed her hands on Braiden’s belly, Braiden felt intense dysphoria — the distress of being in a body that doesn’t match one’s gender identity.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
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Gender dysphoria can manifest in many ways and can include physical symptoms like the ones described by Page.
—Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
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Helping fuel young women’s embrace of pop punk is the self-esteem crash and body image dysphoria triggered by social media.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
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Gender dysphoria is a mental health disorder that is being normalized by predators across the USA.
—Fox News, 27 July 2022
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None of our experiences with our bodies and these ideals are identical, so there is no one-size-fits-all solution to combatting dysphoria.
—Janet Mock, Allure, 31 Aug. 2017
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New science is showing how specific parts of the brain may differ in those with the rare but fascinating disorder known as body integrity dysphoria, or BID.
—Ryan Prior, CNN, 7 May 2020
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This doesn’t reflect discrimination based on gender identity, but rather an honest vision of the role of medicine and the proper treatment of gender dysphoria.
—Ryan T. Anderson, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
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Binders are compression garments often worn by trans and nonbinary people to help ease feelings of body dysphoria.
—Marianne Garvey, CNN, 8 July 2021
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But Cage calibrates his dysphoria with athletic precision, and its psychic toll is high.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
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Some have taken issue with the findings — saying that a sample study of only three months is not enough time to determine if these young patients experienced less dysphoria after surgery.
—Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2022
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Facial hair is a dysphoria-inducing hotspot among trans women who grow it naturally.
—Madison Werner, Glamour, 9 June 2022
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Gender confirmation surgery can often help alleviate gender dysphoria—the feeling of having been born in the wrong body.
—Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 31 July 2017
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The presence of many nice-enough choices without any meaningful way to distinguish among them is a fundamental dysphoria of modern consumerism.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
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Long isolated in their dysphoria, these teens found and built communities first on bulletin board systems and email lists and later on web hosting services like Geocities.
—Nick Lehr, The Conversation, 21 June 2021
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The mixed state - the name alluding to a mix between depression and mania - has traditionally been viewed (more or less) as combining the dysphoria of depression with the energy of mania.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2012
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Plus, trans and nonbinary patients may also have varying levels of dysphoria relating to their chest.
—Sage Agee, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023
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Secrets is revelatory for the depth with which Jenner details the staggering challenges of finding her true self, and the repercussions of hiding her gender dysphoria.
—Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2017
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