TRAs were angry when r/gendercritical existed. Now they're mad s/gendercritical exists. It's almost like banning subs doesn't delete people from existence

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[–]OrneryStruggle 58 insightful - 2 fun58 insightful - 1 fun59 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

To my knowledge there is literally no other mental illness in the DSM where anyone would recommend responding to repeated suicide threats from the patient by capitulating to what they are demanding. Imagine if literally anyone else did that to a medical professional and how they'd be treated.

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

They would be thrown in the goddamn loony bin is what would happen to them.
Transition used to be a compromise that a patient went to along with therapy because is often no curing GD. Now it's being presented as a magical cure all and it's creepy AF.

[–]GConly 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Tbh most TIMs never had GD, they are AGP crossdressers.

They used to get filtered out by the psychiatrists.

[–]bellatrixbells 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Quite.

[–]OrneryStruggle 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly.

I think it's basically malpractice to respond affirmatively to suicide threats, as a mental health professional or other health professional, but what do I know.

[–][deleted] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Anorexics and bipolar people don’t have rich lobbyists and perverts on their sides.

[–]moonlightascending 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

exactly. we don't go around telling people with eating disorders their self-image is correct and they're actually overweight, because that would be immensely harmful. we don't go along with someone's hallucinations when they're schizophrenic. the TRAs are the only people who's delusions are being treated as reality.

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

And not only are their delusions being treated as reality, they are getting what they want out of uttering threats. Normally if a mentally unwell person threatens to kill themselves in front of a mental health professional or medical professional, that person is responsible for institutionalizing them until the threat has passed, not giving them stuff they want.