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[–]Lizzythelezzo 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I definitely think body acceptance is better than transitioning. But I doubt that treating people with gender dysphoria is as simple as helping them accept their bodies. Most I've met have pretty major structural dissociation and Cluster B disorders (on top of diagnoses like autism and ADHD), which are notoriously challenging to treat on their own - whether they have gender dysphoria or not. My hypothesis is that gender dysphoria is generally a symptom of structural dissociation, so you have to treat that in order to resolve it properly. Obviously in many cases there are other factors going on like porn addiction and autogynephilia too.

[Edit] Janina Fisher has some great resources on treating structural dissociation if that's of interest.