Is there 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 Report
Yes
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No
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TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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No
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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 • 1997 Report
Yes
10
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TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
9
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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
Podcast Report
Yes
8
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Decapodia
the episode Body Builder focuses heavily on dysphoria and dysmorphia
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
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 Report
Yes
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jdpamv
Literally an episode called “My Body is a Prison” about a trans guy experiencing dysphoria.
Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
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No
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About having 4 or 5 fingers and if they're a "real" Na'vi
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
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CeliaCristalia
There's a character who's always commenting on her "perfect" physique, making other characters uncomfortable and self-conscious.
Movie Report
Yes
6
No
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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.
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
6
No
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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.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
6
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TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
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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.
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
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thegoodwitch
same issue here as with the dysmorphia question. the ppl voting yes are wrong, dysphoria is when the appearance of ur body doesnt match the way u feel, most commonly experienced in association with gender by trans ppl. there are no trans ppl in this movie and no one in the movie experiences dysphoria... there's a scene where a character becomes paralysed which may be where ppl are getting confused but there is DEFINITELY no dysphoria in this film
TV Show • 1999 Report
Yes
5
No
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Pantalones
SpongeBob dislikes his skinny physique so he buys "Anchor Arms" to look big and buff.
Movie • 1960 Report
Yes
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PictoralExtrovert
Yes, as the main antagonist dresses in his mothers clothing and acts like her. I don't know if this counts fully as body dysphoria.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
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TV Show • 2005 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.
Comic Book • 2016 Report
Yes
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No
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AlexGggg
Charlie gets uncomfortable with being shirtless around Nick cause he finds his body unattractive
Video Game Report
Yes
4
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FatherIsCynophobic
Toko Fukawa deals with body dysphoria and is very vocal about her insecurities about her own body. She sometimes takes them out on other students by body-shaming or sl*t-shaming them/other body types.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
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Nepeta
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
TV Show • 2012 Report
Yes
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vaporcaat
all of dipper vs manliness is dipper being dysphoric about how he isnt "manly" enough
Video Game • 2011 Report
Yes
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SiRenfield
Pretty much part of the real culprit’s motivation
TV Show • 1999 Report
Yes
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