Is being Trans a mental illness?
If so then why do the scientific institutions like APA and the DSM say that it's not a mental illness?
My gut tells me it should be a mental illness but apparently the science doesn't back me up, which is weird because I'm usually as pro-science as I can be.
Being Trans is a mental illness. The official name for it is Gender Dysphoria.
It is but the world pretend it`s not so they can live a "normal" life.
I guess it's kind of an illness, but no one wants to call it that, cause you know they'll piss someone off
Is walking around dressed as an astronaut or cowboy all the time normal too?
A tranny is just a fag in a costume.
not sure why you are so obsessed about such things that dont effect you
but if it was a mental illness it would be protected under the ADA....
Companies/Goverments would be required to make accomodations..like use the bathroom they wanted and cant fire..coverage for sex changes under insurance..
Is that your goal here?
Pretty sure it is.
I like to compare gender reassignment surgery to lobotomies.
People are going to realize how crazy mutilating your body is, once they can tackle the problem at it's neurological/chemical source.
>mental illness
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
Ya'll gotta ask yourself why you give a shit.
In what way does it affect you and how would classifying it as mental illness affect you?
Furthermore, in what way does classifying it as a mental illness affect the affected people?
Generally the consensus is that it does not have any affect on you how it is classified (nor does their existence beyond any other group of people). The people who it does directly affect, have found that it being a mental illness only serves to hurt them. Therefore classifying it as a mental illness does no one any good.
Research to date suggests that the most good that can be done is to let the trans people do their business, transition medically if they feel ready and otherwise to be left alone like anyone else.
Ask yourself why you care about someone else's life when they claim to prefer to be left alone?
TLDR: Your intuition betrays a misunderstanding of why the term "mental illness" exists.
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Because I have a psychology major and work in the mental health field.
Knowing the truth is vital to my job.
Gender dysphoria is in the DSM. I think people like you may get confused because the current recommended treatment is transitioning to various degrees.
I have this shit, there's another option than froze the fuckers?
Leave my precious boipucci be you degenerate fag
>I have a psychology major
Come back when you have a proper degree.
Just strange because almost every other mental illness the treatment is changing your mind itself, not changing reality to comform to your mental illness.
Psychology degree is a valid degree.
Wtf is this shit
Because institutions have been infiltrated
The DSM is just Freudian bullshit. They've been trying to deFreud it but it's still bullshit. Thomas Szasz, now he's the guy you should be reading!
>curious about something means obsessed
Nice try faggot
major ≠ degree
>If so then why do the scientific institutions like APA and the DSM say that it's not a mental illness?
Money
Exactly right? I ask one simple question and this guys like "WHY YOU SO OBSESSED GOD YOU MUST HAVE INTERNAL ISSUES AND BIASES".
Guess we're not allowed to ask questions anymore.
They're men who want to cut their own dicks off to pretend to be women. Sounds pretty fucking insane to me.
But, it's their body, so who gives a fuck? Let them be freaks.
(Not OP)
I care because I belive we should treat it as the mental illness that is it, and help treat the people, rather than normalize what they are doing (body mutilation), which many people end up regretting later in their lives once they grow up and realize that changing their gender and pronouns every day is fucking stupid (I personally know people who have had the operation and changed their mind after it was too late).
Biogically, a person who is one gender can not feel like the other gender in their head unless their brain is not working in the way that it should. It is a MENTAL DISORDER to be trans.
It is wrong to pretend that it's not to avoid hurting somebody's feelings. This is fucking science and these are the facts. If we stop pretending everything is fine and start calling it like it is, maybe some trans people will realize that they have a mental disorder and seek help rather than go through with a surgery/hormones that they could end up regretting.
Seek what help? Currently psychologists and psychiatrists use transitioning as the treatment.
Fuck if i know, thats not my job.