Gender Dysphoria isn't like a broken bone, it's like Body Integrity Identity Disorder, the condition that makes you want to chop a limb off.
The reason that doctors grilled patients about their identity or other life and mental health problems, is because they want to identify if a person is actually trans and would be best served by medical intervention, or if there is perhaps some different issue that can be solved in a manner that doesn't require causing permanent harm to the body. This is especially important as most "trans" children no longer identify as such when they're older.
Medical intervention, whether hormones or surgery, is a drastic step and shouldn't be treated differently because trans activist want to pretend differently. If it truly is best for the individual, okay, but there are many individuals it's not a good choice for. This includes many who have detransitioned, some of who are suing the NHS because when they approached them as patients, the staff immediately started them on transitioning. Something these people have determined wasn't in their interests, and has harmed them.
There are a lot of other reasons why someone might think they are, but not. Depression, grooming, kids going through awkward moments of puberty. There are a lot of people with a fetish instead of actual dysphoria, probably almost all of the most active ones.
See, that's the problem. It's a psychological condition, which comes with countless subjective standards to determine what it truly is, and whether someone may have it.
So many mental health problems stem from how people perceive things and what they come to believe based on these perceptions. One can (and plausibly does) simply think himself into mental illness.
I think allowing people to pursue transition the way they can presently creates too many opportunities for harm without real benefit. I would rather there be a standard made in assessing it (and other ailments) in neuropsychological settings.
Gender Dysphoria isn't like a broken bone, it's like Body Integrity Identity Disorder, the condition that makes you want to chop a limb off.
The reason that doctors grilled patients about their identity or other life and mental health problems, is because they want to identify if a person is actually trans and would be best served by medical intervention, or if there is perhaps some different issue that can be solved in a manner that doesn't require causing permanent harm to the body. This is especially important as most "trans" children no longer identify as such when they're older.
Medical intervention, whether hormones or surgery, is a drastic step and shouldn't be treated differently because trans activist want to pretend differently. If it truly is best for the individual, okay, but there are many individuals it's not a good choice for. This includes many who have detransitioned, some of who are suing the NHS because when they approached them as patients, the staff immediately started them on transitioning. Something these people have determined wasn't in their interests, and has harmed them.
What is "actually trans"?
Someone with actual gender dysphoria.
There are a lot of other reasons why someone might think they are, but not. Depression, grooming, kids going through awkward moments of puberty. There are a lot of people with a fetish instead of actual dysphoria, probably almost all of the most active ones.
See, that's the problem. It's a psychological condition, which comes with countless subjective standards to determine what it truly is, and whether someone may have it.
So many mental health problems stem from how people perceive things and what they come to believe based on these perceptions. One can (and plausibly does) simply think himself into mental illness. I think allowing people to pursue transition the way they can presently creates too many opportunities for harm without real benefit. I would rather there be a standard made in assessing it (and other ailments) in neuropsychological settings.
There used to be doctors that specialized in it. They've been run out of the business by activists.