(04-12-2023 06:50 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote: Did a medical or mental health professional make this analogy?
From the APA who puts out the DSM...
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Support for people with gender dysphoria may include open-ended exploration of their feelings and experiences of gender identity and expression, without the therapist having any pre-defined gender identity or expression outcome defined as preferable to another.2 Psychological attempts to force a transgender person to be cisgender (sometimes referred to as gender identity conversion efforts or so-called “gender identity conversion therapy”) are considered unethical and have been linked to adverse mental health outcomes.2,3
Support may also include affirmation in various domains. Social affirmation may include an individual adopting pronouns, names, and various aspects of gender expression that match their gender identity.4,5 Legal affirmation may involve changing name and gender markers on various forms of government identification.6 Medical affirmation may include pubertal suppression for adolescents with gender dysphoria and gender-affirming hormones like estrogen and testosterone for older adolescents and adults.7, 8,9,10,11,12 Medical affirmation is not recommended for prepubertal children.7, 8 Some adults (and less often adolescents) may undergo various aspects of surgical affirmation.7,8,13
Family and societal rejection of gender identity are some of the strongest predictors of mental health difficulties among people who are transgender.14 Family and couples’ therapy can be important for creating a supportive environment that will allow a person’s mental health to thrive. Parents of children and adolescents who are transgender may benefit from support groups. Peer support groups for transgender people themselves are often helpful for validating and sharing experiences.
https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-fami...-dysphoria
Well yes... I am a medical professional with a focus on mental health though it is not my only focus.
This is a question of consistency.
Does the APA say this?
Support for people with anorexia may include open-ended exploration of their feelings and experiences of body image and anorexia, without the therapist having any pre-defined body image or nutritional outcome defined as preferable to another.
Of course not. That would be insane.
Do they say this?
Support for people with psychotic disorders may include open-ended exploration of their feelings and experiences of psychosis, without the therapist having any pre-defined psychosis defined as preferable to another.
Of course not.
Does it say families should provide 'support' for narcissistic personalities by using pronouns like 'your magesty' or that the government allow people to put that on their drivers license?
I absolutely agree with therapy and with 'family' therapy to help others understand what these few people are going through and to help them deal with it.... and as I said... Once someone hits 18-21+, if you want to cut your junk off and take estrogen, have at it. MOSTLY though I think therapy should ensure that someone is REALLY experiencing some form of gender dysphoria and not merely masking a different trauma as I described.
Said differenly, because of the difficulty in 'correcting' the mistake, EVERY other option should be completely ruled out first. I understand you're going through something and this may be 'that', but let's rule out everything else first.
But I couldn't disagree more... and again... in NO other context does the APA support the idea that 'society' needs to 'validate' their disorder. What they otherwise say is that society needs to 'support their therapy'. Supporting therapy and validating disorders do not remotely mean the same thing.