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

I agree about the therapy, but not about the anxiety meds. Anxiety meds are fine when used short term - 2 weeks or so - in a real crisis, like when there's been a sudden death of a loved one, a crisis like 9/11, or you've just gotten terrible news such as a diagnosis of stage 4 cancer. But putting people on anxiety meds for longer periods, and for conditions like "gender dysphoria" and body image issues, will only screw them up further.

People with "gender dysphoria" and so many of the problems that people, especially many young people, suffer from today need to learn skills that will help them tolerate, handle, overcome and wait out their anxiety. They need therapy that will help them accept and better deal with reality, and will assist them in developing perspective and resilience.