What is species dysphoria?

Species dysphoria is the experience of dysphoria and dysmorphia involving the belief of one's body being the wrong species. A person may not be happy with their body image and may hallucinate or think of themselves as an animal of some sort.

How do members experience species dysphoria?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with species dysphoria*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for species dysphoria*

Who has species dysphoria on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 19
20s 34
30s 12
40s 2
50s 2
60s 2
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 22
Female 37

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What is species dysphoria?

Species dysphoria is the experience of dysphoria and dysmorphia involving the belief of one's body being the wrong species. A person may not be happy with their body image and may hallucinate or think of themselves as an animal of some sort.



Common symptoms reported by people with species dysphoria

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for species dysphoria

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Compare treatments taken by people with species dysphoria

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Who has species dysphoria on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 58 say species dysphoria is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 19
20s 34
30s 12
40s 2
50s 2
60s 2
70+ 0
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 19
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 0
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 22
Female 37

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 1
Not Diagnosed 26

These charts show data from species dysphoria patients who have completed their condition history
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