Is there body dysphoria?
Browse movies, tv shows, books and more with body dysphoria.
It is important to distinguish between body dysmorphia and dysphoria. Dysmorphia is seeing your body as something other than it is (i.e., someone thinking they are overweight when they are a healthy weight), which dysphoria is disliking your body or feeling that something about it is “wrong.” Both are experiences common to transgender people and people with eating disorders, but they are very much different and should be labeled as such.
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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I wouldn't say there is *dysphoria*, because I feel as though that term is intrinsically linked to gender, but there is definitely *dysmorphia*
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
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cosmonaut
One of the main characters is a shapeshifter and there is a brief conversation about shapeshifting that can be interpreted as an allegory for body dysphoria.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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AlmightyKingPrawn
There isn't in the transgender sense, which I believe this is mostly referring to, but The Spot is shown to be unhappy with the holes in his body and wants revenge on Miles as a result.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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dekusfreckle
There are 3 characters who present it; one for being trans, another for not being "manly" enough and a third one for being fat (I wouldn't describe them as overweight but just plus sized or thicc). The third one is shown to have overcome it after puberty
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
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Movie Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
13
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TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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AliB
S4
E4
Cal experiences a lot of dysphoria in season 4. It's made worse as they get their period while taking testosterone
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
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Movie • 1991 Report
Yes
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Buffalo Bill is shown experimenting with tucking, and is also shown using the skins of victims to make garments with breasts and female genitalia on them
Movie • 1975 Report
Yes
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ErinHollow
Presumably. A character sings about crying because of not being able to dress like a girl
Podcast Report
Yes
11
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Decapodia
the episode Body Builder focuses heavily on dysphoria and dysmorphia
Movie • 1989 Report
Yes
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A Heather is mentioned to have bulemia and makes herself puke to lose weight.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
10
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Movie Report
Yes
10
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Video Game • 2019 Report
Yes
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lilpig
Yes. The main character regularly insults and is horrified by his own body. Some of it is needlessly harsh, and some of it is well-informed, as years of alcohol/drug use have done considerable damage.
There is no body dysphoria relating to gender identity presented in the game.
There is no body dysphoria relating to gender identity presented in the game.
Movie Report
Yes
9
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TBelle
One colony member, who had always felt like they were a man, visibly transitions to being male and explains that after the dysphoria of being impregnated and then miscarrying made impossible for him to continue pretending to be a woman.
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
9
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8
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
8
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passerby
Several characters are outcast or called names for their body differences; in addition, one character wakes up and panics in a new body. He is uncomfortable with his reflection. He quickly recovers.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
8
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CeliaCristalia
There's a character who's always commenting on her "perfect" physique, making other characters uncomfortable and self-conscious.
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
8
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Finn
Kind of, one of the characters is stuck inside a body that quite literally isn't their own and expresses the distress this causes.
Video Game • 2011 Report
Yes
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SiRenfield
Pretty much part of the real culprit’s motivation
Movie • 1997 Report
Yes
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3
TV Show Report
Yes
7
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jdpamv
Literally an episode called “My Body is a Prison” about a trans guy experiencing dysphoria.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
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Anonymous
S5
E5
Kind of. [SPOILERS]
Steven experiences a lot of his mothers memories and sometimes this is expressed with him not knowing if he is fully himself or not. A lot of homeworld gems also make fun of stevens appearance because they still think he's Rose/Pink in a disguise. He is dressed in feminine clothes when he’s captured by the diamonds
Steven experiences a lot of his mothers memories and sometimes this is expressed with him not knowing if he is fully himself or not. A lot of homeworld gems also make fun of stevens appearance because they still think he's Rose/Pink in a disguise. He is dressed in feminine clothes when he’s captured by the diamonds
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
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Pantalones
The Ice King makes several comments about not liking his body.
Movie • 2001 Report
Yes
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I mean kinda but it's a cartoon so it's not that serious it's more of like insecurity lmao