Breast Mourning

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[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is why it's important to get a correct diagnosis before starting HRT.

Which is why people get prescribed puberty blockers as an interim solution: A solution not without its side-effects, but at least it keeps people alive.

They're getting it right in the vast majority of cases though. The proportion of people that want to de-transition is in the vicinity of 1%, and it looks to me like it's broadly improving with time.

[–]brimshae 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The proportion of people that want to de-transition is in the vicinity of 1%

Now do the percentage of people that de-transition from being alive.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The reason gender affirmation treatment has become the standard way of treating gender dysphoria, is because is has vastly better outcomes wrt mental health including suicidal ideation.

Dealing with the mocking such as the sort of posts you see here a lot, does put a different kind of pressure on transgender people. So there are external influences that can affect depression and suicidal ideation after the fact.

One of the downsides of parts of the world with heavy metal pollution in the water or less than ideal genetic variation in the residents.

[–]SerpensInferna 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There is absolutely NO evidence whatsoever that affirmation treatment does any good for gender dysphoria. The sheer amount of detransitioners alone proves that.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Detransitioners are about 1%