Gender dysphoria is a mental problem, in the sense that it causes mental distress to be in the wrong body. The treatment is not therapy, it’s surgery to correct the body to fit the mind. A therapist can help identify the cause of the distress, but if the cause is the body then that therapist will recommend surgery.
I recall seeing research suggesting that trans people’s brainwaves more closely match that of their “desired” gender than that of their sex. It reinforces the idea that being transgender isn’t a mental issue, it’s a physical issue that causes mental distress.
A trans man isn’t a woman who merely thinks she’s a man, it’s actually a man inside that skull. Only the body underneath it is wrong. It’s as if tomorrow you woke up in the body of the opposite gender. That will (after the novelty wears off) start distressing you. Trans people didn’t wake up like that, they were born with that feeling.
hightrix@lemmy.world 6 days ago
As expected, a complete lack of empathy
You’re right. If that dude works with you, I’d also suggest them to brush up their resume.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Empathy is a really stupid idea when all you’ll ever be is what people can extract from you.
threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Hey there, who hurt you so bad you gave empathy all together?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Nobody cares about me, why should I care about anyone else? I’m disposable, so are the rest of you.
hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It must strain a lot of brain cells parroting ol musky.