What does dysphoria feel like?

Dysphoria feels different to different people. The basic premise is that you don’t feel comfortable in your own body. It can be to varying levels, ranging from a mild discomfort at how you look to full-blown, trans-level dysphoria in which you feel your body betrays you and that it doesn’t belong, that you were born into the wrong body. My experiences with gender dysphoria range quite a bit. At the lower end, we have my current state, which is pretty much a mild dislike of my body because of its high femininity, but I don’t feel the need to change it because I know I can disguise it. At the high end, we have trans-level dysphoria in which everytime I heard my name or feminine pronouns for me, it hurt me and made me cringe. Looking in the mirror was so painful and I wanted everything to be different- I wanted the body of a male after about an hour of extreme dysphoria. It was probably the worst thing I’ve ever experienced and I quickly chose a new name and pronouns. However, as I said above, gender dysphoria is a range and we all feel it differently, if we feel it at all.