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

So True.

I don’t know many people with gender disphoria, but the ones I do all have poor mental health. They’re all on anti-depressants, have severe anxiety, can’t cope with normal life, bipolar etc. They’re a mess. They’re also all neurodivergent which I think also plays a big part in this.

Given the passion with which TRA narratives are reproduced in many social groups, I think it's more likely they genuinely believe it must be true because it came in the same packaging as LGB rights and Feminism. They simply don't allow themselves to think about whether the opposing arguments have any merit because to even consider questioning the trans is good narrative is to take a step towards thinking like homophobes, racists and racists.

The realisation that this particular "right" to be seen and respected as "who you are" might actually be a very different proposition indeed to LGB or women's rights, and is actually a demand for other people to give up their own self knowledge, identity and rights, is never even approached because the self censor kicks in before that can happen.

I find it ethically questionable in general to affirm the delusions of others both in terms of the impact it has on the belief holder (not accessing the mental health support they need) and wider society (women being denied safe spaces etc). I accept that in some situations, as in the case of dementia or someone experiencing an acute psychotic episode during which they suffer a complete break from reality, it may be a more compassionate way to deescalate distress but in most other cases validating feelings is perfectly acceptable and healthy as long as the underlying beliefs are not being affirmed.

This is an example of epidemiological confounding. Transgender and nonbinary people are up to six times more likely to have autism, and current evidence reports that around 50–80% of autistic people experience mental health conditions.

Autistic people are more likely to experience gender dysphoria. Autistic people are more likely to experience mental health issues. Some autistic people experience both.
www.npr.org/2023/01/15/1149318664/transgender-and-non-binary-people-are-up-to-six-times-more-likely-to-have-autism
www.amaze.org.au/about-autism/mental-health/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k1vkmxgd6o

Sad to see the weaponising of trans children continues, now autism too!

Did you see the interview?

Dr Cass was very clear about many of the harms of the current practices around 'gender affirming care' including the lack of understanding of how co-morbidities such as Autism and ADHD interacted with gender distress.

this article you posted just covers some of what she discussed in the interview such as this from the article:

She also suggested "unrealistic images and expectations on social media" had misled children, and that if some young people had "taken more time" they might not have pursued medical treatments.

Her 2024 review found gender medicine had been operating on "shaky foundations" when it came to evidence for medical treatment.

In an interview to be broadcast on Sunday, she said there was a "lack of realism about what transition would really mean and how hard it would be" - pointing to "quite intensive medical treatments" and "sometimes quite brutal surgeries".

and

"I think what has kind of misled children is the belief that if you are not a typical girl, if you like playing with trucks, or boys who like dressing up or that you have same-sex attraction that means that you're trans and actually it's not like that but those are all normal variations," she said.

"I think children and young people were being given a narrative that it's not okay to be anything but absolutely typical of the other girls on Instagram."

The interview was quite clear that she believes that there are 'charlatan' gender clinics out there who are harming children and using harmful misinformation to do so.