Maybe this person is just extremely neurotic and has painted herself into a corner by "affirming" all these impulses she has instead of interrogating them and trying to figure out why she's so uncomfortable with herself.

Some people simply have very limited dating options, and that will define their lives. It's sad, but true. Who would want to be responsible for all the normal relationship pressures in addition to the idea that you always have to tip-toe around your partner's obsession with gender identity?

They remind me of patients I've seen on that TV show Botched where plastic surgeons have to correct previous plastic surgeries gone wrong -- or where they've spent untold thousands of dollars on surgery after surgery to try to make themselves feel better. Past a certain point, it is an unhealthy obsession.

Perhaps "Gender Obsession" should be a mental illness.

Weren't we trying to help young women feel good about their bodies just a few years ago?