I think it is abnormal to be trans.

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[–]Terfenclaw 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Agreed. It should definitely be accepted, but normalizing can lead to a lot of harm.

What I don't get is, instead of teaching trans people to accept their bodies and identities, instead of teaching "transwomen are transwomen, and that's okay!" the rhetoric is insisting on a slogan that is at odds with physical reality. So everywhere they turn, reality is there with constant reminders of how their constructed identity is false, triggering their dysphoria. Instead of demanding the rest of the world change how they perceive reality, they should focus on self-acceptance and healthy coping mechanisms.

[–]BEB 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I worked with anorexics decades ago (not as a counselor or therapist) - the effort was focused on fixing their minds to accept and love themselves as is, not allowing their body dysmorphia to take control.

[–]bobbobbybob 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you think about the commitment they've made, fucking themselves up with hormones, posting their insanity all over the 'net, all through their social lives, coming to terms with reality is probably very hard. I can't imagine what it would be like - to admit a mistake, to acknowledge insanity like that. It would require ego destruction and re-creation, and it would go against the very social factors that drove themselves to their gender presentations in the first time.

Doubling down on the demands that things are 'normal', co-opting the co-dependent world to support their addiction is the easiest path.