QT: If anorexics identify as underweight, is it wrong to give them weight-restoring treatment?

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

3 primary differences to me.

  1. Unchecked anorexia leads to death by malnutrition while transition leads to an extreme likelihood of improved life. Hormonal treatments have an overwhelmingly positive trend. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354936/ As well as improved body image https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2013/examining-health-outcomes-people-who-are-transgender

  2. Anorexia isn’t a matter of identity. It’s a matter of body perception coupled with behavior and actual unhealthy presentation. It requires a distorted view (unlike gender dysphoria which in fact allows for a non distorted view but discomfort with the body as properly percieved) but also must be of a significantly low weight for a diagnosis at all. They don’t identify as fat they incorrectly believe they are, it’s not a matter of identity. In fact eating disorders are often presentations of things like an unmet need for control and other unrelated issues. This is not the case for gender dysphoria.

  3. Anorexia can show improvement with treatment while gender dysphoria only improves with transition.

[–]VioletRemihomosexual female (aka - lesbian) 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

while gender dysphoria only improves with transition.

Majority of feminine gay men have dysphoria for at least few years, on my knowledge. They are not transitioning, and yet they are fine.

In fact eating disorders are often presentations of things like an unmet need for control and other unrelated issues. This is not the case for gender dysphoria.

What about the "body positivity" with extreme overweight?

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Majority of feminine gay men have dysphoria for at least few years, on my knowledge.

Study?