I felt the same way at first. Turns out that i was so disconnected from my appearance and numb to that fact that I interpreted my indifference as being okay with it. I didnt understand that what I was feeling was dysphoria until after I accepted that I was trans.
If you think youre “okay” with being a guy, ask yourself a few questions:
- Is it a “positive” okay, meaning you actively like being a guy? Or is it “neutral” or “negative” okay, meaning you just dont actively hate it and are being carried forward by inertia?
- If you could press a button and instantly beca woman in all aspects with the caveat that you cant go back, would you press it?
As a trans person, I’m glad I don’t have periods or have to worry about pregnancy. I also don’t want to deal with any of the discrimination women deal with around where I am. I’m sure many cis women agree about all of those though.
Stereotypes don’t really matter.
What being trans means can vary from person to person. For me, I realized I wasn’t cis because I didn’t like some of the physical traits associated with men (hairy, penis, balls, body shape) and I realized men weren’t being ironic when they liked those things or otherwise performed masculinity.
I didn’t think I experienced much dysphoria and that didn’t change that much* until I started HRT 2 years after realizing I was trans.
*At least by the definition of dysphoria I used before realizing I was not cis.