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[–]Lady_Montgomery 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Trans isn’t real. Just delusional people who pretend to be the opposite sex. They are mentally ill. No matter how nice they might appear in public, they are bad shit insane th slinger you talk to them and god forbid you don’t validate them. All in all, I have no time for people who don’t want to help themselves get better and will not tolerate the, in my life. My two cents.

[–]quickbeam[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Personally, I don't relate to this attitude at all, and if the whole gender critical community was composed of people who felt this way I wouldn't want to identify with it. I think gender dysphoria is real and some people are genuinely affected by it. I think that some of those people might be helped by transitioning. (This all seems to be in line with what even gender critical researchers have said on the matter.) There are probably a lot of people transitioning for other reasons, and some of them may be mentally ill. But as a person with mental illness, I don't think judging the way people deal with their mental illnesses or hating people who have them is particularly productive or kind. Having a mental illness means it's a lot harder to figure out what care you need and if doctors are not giving you good advice or even giving you bad advice, what then are you supposed to do? A lot of people have been prescribed drugs for depression that actually have increased suicidal thoughts as a side effect. Is it their fault if they take these and then commit suicide? We need to put responsibility where it ought to lie with medical professionals and organizations to reclaim their responsibility to give the best care as dictated by science and research, not based on how the political winds are blowing.

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

Oh don’t get me wrong. The gender dysphoria is absolutely real, and a proper treatment must be found for it. People suffering from this must absolutely get care, proper care. But trans isn’t real, as you cannot change your sex. Maiming a body to fit the delusion is not a treatment, it is not helping these people.

The whole treatment of the majority of people with all sorts of mental issues are shit. It’s so bad, that sometimes it really feels like psychiatry is just a pseudo science created to cater to the egos of psychiatrists, so they can feel special.