Why is gender dysphoria not the same as Dissociative identity disorder?

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[–]M1GarandDad 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Is there a documented category of "suicidal trans kids" who use transition as a symbolic death and rebirth?

I have no evidence, but given that virtually all trannies have other mental heath issues, it wouldn't surprise me if a significant number of them had suicidal thoughts before they identified as trans, like they desperately wanted to be anyone but themselves before they decided their "true self" was a boy trapped in a girl's body or vice versa.

This might be why the term "deadnaming" specifically invokes death, and why the trans pride flag intentionally uses colors associated with babies.

The usual tranny response is to blame those prior mental health issues on "transphobia", but how could they have been persecuted before anyone had any idea they were trans including themselves?

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd argue hating oneself is part of the disphoria. In fact it may be difficult to say one suffers from disphoria without feelings of depression and a string overwhelming desire to be someone else.

It's perfectly normal for people to be unsatisfied with parts of their body but it often doesn't become an all encompassing obsession that effects someone's identity. When it does you get things like plastic surgery addictions. I think self acceptance is the core underlying problem that once resolved tends to eliminate most of the other issues.