Yeah I agree, if anything it's a medical disorder not a psychological one. It just shows that people can spend years in college and in practice and still be completely wrong about some things.
What pisses me off about it most isn't so much the medical industry's treatment of it but everyone else's. If someone were to harass someone in a wheelchair people would say wtf that's terrible. Yet having a different condition, still just as much beyond a person's control, is somehow grounds for discrimination, hate and harassment by society?
I dunno, it doesn't bother me that much... maybe because I work in the psych field. It seems to me that trans is labeled a disorder because it's different from the norm, which is true, and so they make people jump through the hoops just to make sure that they really are prepared for what they're going to do.
I know what you mean, though... I saw a story once about someone on one of those tv talk shows that felt they were supposed to have a tail, and so were having surgery to have a tail added to themselves. They didn't have to go through psychological screening... they just did it, so really it isn't fair at all.
that's a good point, because certainly they always point out that, well, there's depression, and then there's depression... and there's anxiety and then there's anxiety and so forth...
Depression and anxiety are labeled as perfectly normal and part of being human, unless it gets to the point where it impinges on your ability to function in the world. Why should trans be different? As can clearly be seen here many people are actually disordered up until the point when they realize they are trans, and then they are much more able to cope with and function in the world.
Here's a phrase of healing -I used to be disgusted now I try to be amused..capybyraSeptember 26 2010, 01:52:38 UTC
Congrats and my benediction upon your taking control. Many of us take longer in our lives than others to take our selves under OUR control. And thus beginning to become well- what we need to be. Anger at times can be a good mental hygiene tool. But in time, we can adopt a more sustainable sort of mindset. Amusement Vs Disgust
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What pisses me off about it most isn't so much the medical industry's treatment of it but everyone else's. If someone were to harass someone in a wheelchair people would say wtf that's terrible. Yet having a different condition, still just as much beyond a person's control, is somehow grounds for discrimination, hate and harassment by society?
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I know what you mean, though... I saw a story once about someone on one of those tv talk shows that felt they were supposed to have a tail, and so were having surgery to have a tail added to themselves. They didn't have to go through psychological screening... they just did it, so really it isn't fair at all.
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Perfectly explained in a few sentences!
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Depression and anxiety are labeled as perfectly normal and part of being human, unless it gets to the point where it impinges on your ability to function in the world. Why should trans be different? As can clearly be seen here many people are actually disordered up until the point when they realize they are trans, and then they are much more able to cope with and function in the world.
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