Trans- gender dysphoria- mental illness?

[TheBlueKoala]

There are so many young people suffering with MH problems. They are trying to find an identity and nowadays when gender is à la carte it seems epidemic.

Looking at the small percentage of transgender people and high prolific crimes something does tell me that there seems to be a correlation between transgender and mental illness. Which makes me believe that it's really a question of gender dysphoria as in identity dysphoria in general. Ofcourse there are exceptions but I think these recent cases should be taken into consideration. What are we doing to our children telling them that they can choose gender as in a restaurant menu? I think it's harmful and noone below 18 should be allowed to change whatsoever- they can call themselves human- as we all are.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/11/canada-school-shooting-tumbler-ridge-british-columbia/

https://abcnews.com/US/teen-sentenced-life-prison-2019-school-shooting/story?id=71949051

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/as-officials-searched-for-charlie-kirks-shooter-suspect-confessed-to-his-partner-prosecutor-says

https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/transsexual-schizophrenic-far-left-murderer-young-swedish-woman-after-attempting-to-rape-girl

I think there is a correlation between antisocial disorders and men transitioning to be women. I haven't seen any women transitioning to men being violent or aggressive though, so I don't think you can call it a blanket ban. I suspect the reasons for transition for men are more sexuality based, where for women they tend to have suffered physical abuse from a male, from what I can understand, and no longer want female parts that men might attack them for.

Believing you can change sex IS a mental illness and should be treated as such.
The amount of resources wasted on indulging the illness (or fetish for some) could easily be allocated to supporting these people.
The so-called ‘trans agenda’ is complete and utter bullshit.

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

Bingo.

My nephew's school denied him a name change. He hanged himself. It's not that simple.

I have a trans niece and two trans adult friends plus the best friend of one of my children is also trans.

They suffered mentally far more before they transitioned. Seeing how much happier they are now is wonderful.

That's tragic. Very sorry to hear this

Its so complicated. I have a dear friend who is trans, and I see how happy they are, its wonderful.
But I also have a young niece who got very confused about their gender, thought they were a cis boy until I explained thats the one thing she can't be. Her mum wasnt affirming so I walked a very thin line of being someone my niece could talk openly to, without giving any opinions myself. Suddenly it was all over and she was back to being a proud lesbian teenager. It was such a rollercoaster, and I do wonder what would have happened if her parents had been totally affirming.

People were saying gay people were mentally ill not that long ago.

Hopefully things change.

My partner is a trans man and I see his struggle to be accepted. It can’t be easy.

I am so sorry. I do believe it's not as simple as that though.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), is a recognised mental illness if that's the question you're asking.

This article might help to put things in perspective, it says that there are less mass shootings by trans people as a percentage of total trans population than there are by cis women and cis men: ca.news.yahoo.com/tumbler-ridge-shooter-trans-female-203824142.html

I'm very sorry to hear that. He was clearly very unwell and vulnerable child.

I’m uneasy about the trans identities of these shooters. They clearly have serious mental health issues and I suspect the trans element is just one way of expressing their distress. They will probably have cycled through various destructive behaviours, probably including self harm. Adopting a trans identity is just one more destructive behaviour on the way the tragic crime.

It's amazing that the media were so completely "unaware" that the shooter was trans, yet the second they were ready to publish this detail, they already had articles written arguing the rarity of transgender shooters.

I’m sorry to hear that, but surely that only strengthens the OP’s point. Your nephew was sadly mentally ill.

Regardless of trans shooters, I think it’s pretty well established that people who believe they are “trans” hold a belief that most people do not.

i.e they believe in some sort of gendered soul. That is not scientific or logical.

Also, they are also more likely to have a mental illness https://statsforgender.org - see section on mental health.

Well said.

We don't indulge people with other body image issues such as anorexia. If people really believe they have the wrong body they need mental help.
But I think for the majority its a fetish.

There have always been effeminate men, and manish women around, some homosexual some straight but most didn't actually believe they could change sex.

I don’t think it’s entirely mental illness. I think it’s also shit parenting and being in a cult-like environment whereby someone tells a child if they’re not a stereotypical girl or boy they must be the opposite sex.

Poor kids. Imagine being so failed from so young.
It really baffles me why people don’t probe their kids more about why they feel like the opposite sex. And then tell them that liking cars, short hair and action figures doesn’t make them a boy.

We did not have this gender nonsense on the 80’s and 90’s. I wore the same clothes as my brothers, no pink and blue nonsense and I was a huge tomboy. Nobody ever suggested that made me a boy and I feel so sad that, in another time with another set of parents, I’d have been gaslighted into thinking there was something wrong with me

What do you mean by uneasy?

Do you think they are not really trans?

What is the difference between a man pretending to be a woman and man pretending to pretend to be a woman?

I don't think its surprising. As it says in the article, these stats have become important because the US government have been stating that trans people are inherently dangerous. So the moment it's revealed that the shooter is trans, journalists will have this data to hand.

I’m so sorry about this.
do you think though if he could go back a few steps, or decades, so not even know trans was a thing, that this tragedy wouldn’t have occurred? I’m sorry as this must be so difficult to talk about, but terfs are all about protecting kids from the root.

A sane and mentally well “trans” person simply does not exist.

True trans is real and rare.

Some people really are born in the wrong sex - see endless egs in history - but nothing like the numbers who say they are now.

True trans feeling isn’t linked to:

gender eg I like pink so must be female
mental illness
perceived solution to current life problems (although you feel much happier & relieved after trans-ing)
fetish

Its not much to do with sexuality, funnily enough.

Totally agree.