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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I wish it was that easy. There is a theory that transgender went from being a psychological disorder to a valid lifestyle because it highlights modern psychiatry's inability to fix any psychological condition. That despite spending billions of dollars on pharmaceuticals, the drugs don't work.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The fact is that if you have most illnesses you have do almost all of the work of healing yourself.

Even with a physical illnesses which has some kind of magic bullet cure if you don't put the work in to get better and keep healthy in other aspects your chances won't be great.

Mental illnesses do get resolved but not by doctors. Some times you just grow out of them. I've certainly known trans people do that, it's unfortunately pretty common that 5 years after full surgery they will realise they made a mistake and want to be changed back.

Weirdly though antidepressants do seem to get rid of gender dysphoria in some men, probably because they kill their libido. There was good research being done into this 20 years ago but it all got shut down by activists. That's the trouble with mental illnesses, to get better you have to admit you have a problem in the first place.

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

Because psychology is pseudoscience. Psychiatrists are essentially priests with prescription pads.