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[–]Complicated-Spirit 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I’ve come across it number times. Third Way Trans mentioned it before as well IIRC. There’s this sort of “protective gatekeeping” groupthink, especially from older TIPs towards younger, newer ones - “If it makes you question your trans identity, DON’T read it. It’s wrong. Trust us.” Even if it’s something like, “If the antidepressant/anti-anxiety drug you’ve been prescribed and/or therapy is relieving your dysphoria and you no longer feel like you may be trans, then stop taking them/stop seeing that therapist. They’re undermining your real identity.” It all comes back to “Only listen to us. We will report back to you what other people are saying. You don’t need to find out for yourself.”

[–]PostmodernJukebox 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i HATE it when people tell others to stop taking antidepressants. i literally feel like my actual self and can think clearly when i'm on my ssri's, btu apparently they only ever make you want to kys and ruin your boners so you shouldn't ever take them????? it's so covertly abusive like how cult leaders tell their followers to go off their drugs and stop listening to their doctors.