text: I completely relate to you, for me I was in denial because I always thought that I'd be down with being a guy but I'd prefer to be a girl, but as time went on I realized that the preference wasn't preference it was a necessity for me. Even though I'm okay with being a guy I'd be really sad now that's dysphoria in many aspects but that alone being a preference is pretty much dysphoria in itself, it may not be as big as other forms but preferring in my eyes is dysphoric in a way, does that make sense?