you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–][deleted] 45 insightful - 1 fun45 insightful - 0 fun46 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

TRAs behave narcissistically. A lot.

Personality Disorders and Personality Profiles in a Sample of Transgender Individuals Requesting Gender-Affirming Treatments, 2020 (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health) - "Nearly 50% of participants showed at least one PD diagnosis, with no gender differences in prevalence."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084367/

(edit to hyperlink)

[–]Riothamus 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You know, their angry responses do remind me of Borderline/Narcissistic explosive rage. They lack a true inner sense of self and they rely on others to reinforce their delusions about themselves.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yep. And when that reinforcement is withheld or challenged . . . look out.

I'm probably biased because I've seen that behavior in real life. But once you "see" it, irl or online, you become very aware of the patterns . . .

[–]Riothamus 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, did you also suffer a significant other's constant suicide threats? My abusive SO shattered like glass when I stopped putting up with it.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm very glad you stopped putting up with it. That's a special kind of hell.

Long story short -- I had a sib fully trans (SRS) during midlife, with a spouse and children. I now know it was probably AGF and undiagnosed bipolar with a PD (I got three clinical opinions). In retrospect, the PD symptoms were there all along, but intensified with age, and the transing happened suddenly. The intolerance, the rage, the disconnect from reality were all there, but just this side of functional . . . until the trans.

(edit for clarity)