How do you think we can get through to people at risk of making such a terrible, irreversible decision?
I remember that I used to have bad anxiety and identity issues as a teen, but I was lucky enough to see a professional who seemed to truly care about helping me understand growing up and learning why I felt so powerless and misunderstood.
He showed me that there were many ways I could direct that negative energy into positivity and appreciate myself for who I am.
He never put me on medication and never got me to get any surgeries or anything like that.
Instead, he showed me how to understand and capitalize on what I appreciate most in life and simply treat others the way I want to be treated. He's actually part of why I ended up supporting Trump and being pro independence and populism.
Sadly, many young people nowadays aren't lucky to get someone like that in their lives.
I probably would have ended up going down the dangerous path these troubled leftist LGBT people go through now if I went through those problems about 5 years later than I did.
That's why I can feel so passionate about this topic.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It breaks my heart to see young people sucked into the trans black hole by sophists whose motivations are largely political gain or feeling batter about their own bad decisions. It's good to hear that you were advised by someone without those ulterior motives.
As for preventing people from making such a terrible decision I think that your experience was exactly right: young people questioning their (gender) identity should be gently reminded that sex is an immutable biological trait and that feelings of body dysmorphia (especially around puberty) are not uncommon and nearly always pass with time.
How do you think we can get through to people at risk of making such a terrible, irreversible decision?
I remember that I used to have bad anxiety and identity issues as a teen, but I was lucky enough to see a professional who seemed to truly care about helping me understand growing up and learning why I felt so powerless and misunderstood.
He showed me that there were many ways I could direct that negative energy into positivity and appreciate myself for who I am.
He never put me on medication and never got me to get any surgeries or anything like that.
Instead, he showed me how to understand and capitalize on what I appreciate most in life and simply treat others the way I want to be treated. He's actually part of why I ended up supporting Trump and being pro independence and populism.
Sadly, many young people nowadays aren't lucky to get someone like that in their lives.
I probably would have ended up going down the dangerous path these troubled leftist LGBT people go through now if I went through those problems about 5 years later than I did.
That's why I can feel so passionate about this topic.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It breaks my heart to see young people sucked into the trans black hole by sophists whose motivations are largely political gain or feeling batter about their own bad decisions. It's good to hear that you were advised by someone without those ulterior motives.
As for preventing people from making such a terrible decision I think that your experience was exactly right: young people questioning their (gender) identity should be gently reminded that sex is an immutable biological trait and that feelings of body dysmorphia (especially around puberty) are not uncommon and nearly always pass with time.