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[–]alladd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

it's just narcissism. wanting to be the main character + exposure to sex from the internet or whatever = wanting to be the bestest sex object ever and tying all your pride and self-worth to being a pervert.

transitioning feeds the ego for a little while, but the delusion needs more and more to maintain itself, often in the form of compelled speech or increasingly extreme behaviors. if that momentum is interrupted, and the person has a moment of self-reflection, suicide is not far off. you can only lie to yourself for so long.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

I don't think that's what narcissism is.

People with NPD aren't transexual.

[–]alladd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

yes they are. NPD and BPD are the most common comorbidities found in trans patients.

but you said yourself you don't know what narcissism is. so maybe you don't know what i'm talking about.

narcissism is main character syndrome. in practice it manifests as lack of empathy, selfishness, and a preternatural entitlement to one's chosen "story". for some narcissists, this means being treated as famous. for some, it's being treated as an object of desire.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

yes they are. NPD and BPD are the most common comorbidities found in trans patients.

Are you making this up?

Among TGNC adolescents, depressive disorders were most common (transfeminine 49%; transmasculine 62%) compared with other diagnostic categories.

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084367/

an overall prevalence of PDs of 52% was found, with 22% prevalence of Cluster B PDs (with narcissistic PD showing the highest prevalence in the overall sample)

your linked study doesn't appear to have studied for NPD or doesn't differentiate between it and "personality disorders" in general.

also narcissism is hard to detect and narcissists don't self-report it, so in lieu of a more critical approach i could see it being grouped under "depressive disorder".

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

also narcissism is hard to detect and narcissists don't self-report it, so in lieu of a more critical approach i could see it being grouped under "depressive disorder".

I couldn't. There are diagnostic criteria.

[–]alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

the prevalence of comorbid NPD is well documented elsewhere and widely acknowledged among trans communities.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Just not as prevalent as depression.

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

you know how diagnosing depression works right? there's no medical test; they don't draw blood.

they just ask, "are you depressed?" - or worse, you show up having self-diagnosed, and they accept it because they don't get paid unless they diagnose and medicate.

a narcissist would be the first kind of person to link all their problems to a nonspecific "depression", because they are depressed by the cognitive dissonance they experience when the world doesn't validate them and tell their story the way they want. it is a symptom of their pathology, not a disorder in itself. there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is it your belief that NPD and BPD are diagnosed with a blood test?