Living in a Foreign Body: Gender Dysphoria and Sex Identity Confusion
This will be a presentation by Mr Athanasios Komianos on the Annual Convention of the European Association for Regression Therapy, Gender
dysphoria, or, Gender Identity Disorder as is defined by psychiatrists,
is the discontent of some persons with the sex assigned at birth and/or
the gender roles associated with that sex. Even though it is not a very
common disorder of sexuality, it certainly affects very strongly those
who are afflicted by it. In this three hour presentation it will be
shown that the conventional attempts for an explanation of sex identity
confusion are not adequate enough to account for the very often
obsessive/compulsive dimensions of the disorder.
A brief discussion of the theories that are attempting to explain
this disorder will take place about the biological, genetic, hormonal,
prenatal, psychological and behavioral factors.
However, the main emphasis of the presentation will focus in
alternative explanations of the phenomenon which are spiritual and
psychic in nature. Case histories of mild gender dysphoria will be
presented from the bibliography and my practice as well as more extreme
cases of transexualism and transgenderism.
Finally, solutions and possible treatments will be discussed to
prevent the possibility of an irreversible Gender Reassignment Surgery
takes place that may be regretted afterwards.