We knew this... You cannot treat mental illness with lobotomies or transition surgery.

Ag_of_08 said:

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It doesn't come from nowhere. YOU may not have seen it, especially if you're the kind that's doing the "I'm not playing along" thing, we did/do a very good job of hiding it from people we think will treat us poorly.

I hid it from my family for 22 years, I could have told you when I was much younger. I don't advocate for letting kids transition, but the reality is by 16 or 17, and with actually therapy, thought etc, you know...

And yes, a lot of younger trans people attempt suicide. It's rough knowing your parents and family are going to treat you poorly, if not out and out disown you, knowing your friends will probably walk away, listening to the preacher tell you the violent and wrathful God your forced to worship is going to condem you to hell, and listening to thousands of strangers that think they're not only entitled to voice their opinions about our lives, but legislate our existence based on their beliefs.

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Thanks for the reply. It is certainly possible that there were a lot of signs with my nephew all along that I didn't see. That being said, his parents were also caught off guard by it. And without going into too many details, there were also other things that my nephew rejected at the same time that lead me to think that there is more to the story than just gender dysphoria.

As to a preacher teaching anyone that their feelings of gender dysphoria are going to condemn to hell, that's just awful and a serious perversion of Christian (I assume) teaching. Parents and friends are naturally shocked when their child or friend announce their wishes to transition. The closest I can come to it is from my sister-in-law's discussions of how it affects her. She nearly lost my nephew to childhood leukemia at about 8 years of age. She says sometimes it feels as if her son, the boy she held in her arms and prayed that God wouldn't take, has gone forever. It's difficult. It's confusing. At the end of the day, she wants her child to be happy and she doesn't want her child to take their own life, as did her best friend's transitioning child.

One further question, if you don't mind: do you think that there were always huge numbers of kids out there who wanted to be transsexual but felt unsafe, or do you think that there is something else going on that is leading to the massive numbers of kids we now see as declaring themselves trans, nonbinary, whatever? It's very well documented that teenage females are extremely prone to fall victim to peer pressure, mass hysteria, call it what you will. Do you think this movement is a "fad" that will go away (if it does, there will be a lot who played into it, in my opinion, who will be scarred for a long time - metaphorically if not physically)?

Lot of things where some consider fun that are socially unacceptable and or illegal.

The internet has brought these people together to make change and move the line of what is normal and decent.

A majority of these people, being godless, fans this rudderless fire burning through our nation built on the culture of Christian values. Doctors also pouring gas on the problem because prescribing feel good about yourself pills.

Just do not turn around to watch as it all burns down.

These are all good reasons to help these young people and not indoctrinate them.

It may be that their feelings are fine for them, but they should talk to someone who has been trained to help them towards their eventual goals and show no bias or have no hidden agenda. Surgery should be their last option and only when they are ready. Those who really care about you will still love you no matter what... This is a truth.

https://www.westernjournal.com/authors-largest-gender-transition-study-forced-admit-uncomfortable-truth/

A 2019 study that painted a rosy picture of the mental health benefits for individuals who undergo gender reassignment surgery was wrong, its authors have said in a published correction.

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/20636/Risk-of-pseudotumor-cerebri-added-to-labeling-for?autologincheck=redirected

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a warning about the risk of pseudotumor cerebri (idiopathic intracranial hypertension) to the labeling for gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists that are approved for the treatment of central precocious puberty in pediatric patients. These products include Lupron Depot-Ped (leuprolide acetate), Fensolvi (leuprolide acetate), Synarel (nafarelin), Supprelin LA (histrelin) and Triptodur (triptorelin).

The new warning includes recommendations to monitor patients taking GnRH agonists for signs and symptoms of pseudotumor cerebri, including headache, papilledema, blurred or loss of vision, diplopia, pain behind the eye or pain with eye movement, tinnitus, dizziness and nausea.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/15/transgender-research-dutch-studies-sex-change/

'Methodologically Flawed': Key Studies That Inspired Trans Medicine Don't Hold Up, Doctors Argue

These kinds of studies will continue to leak out.

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Ag_of_08 said:

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It doesn't come from nowhere. YOU may not have seen it, especially if you're the kind that's doing the "I'm not playing along" thing, we did/do a very good job of hiding it from people we think will treat us poorly.

I hid it from my family for 22 years, I could have told you when I was much younger. I don't advocate for letting kids transition, but the reality is by 16 or 17, and with actually therapy, thought etc, you know...

And yes, a lot of younger trans people attempt suicide. It's rough knowing your parents and family are going to treat you poorly, if not out and out disown you, knowing your friends will probably walk away, listening to the preacher tell you the violent and wrathful God your forced to worship is going to condem you to hell, and listening to thousands of strangers that think they're not only entitled to voice their opinions about our lives, but legislate our existence based on their beliefs.

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One further question, if you don't mind: do you think that there were always huge numbers of kids out there who wanted to be transsexual but felt unsafe, or do you think that there is something else going on that is leading to the massive numbers of kids we now see as declaring themselves trans, nonbinary, whatever? It's very well documented that teenage females are extremely prone to fall victim to peer pressure, mass hysteria, call it what you will. Do you think this movement is a "fad" that will go away (if it does, there will be a lot who played into it, in my opinion, who will be scarred for a long time - metaphorically if not physically)?

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It's more prevalent in the US than any other country from what I've read.

Just like bulimia/anorexia in the 90's. Every teenage girl thought she needed to be like the supermodels when being a supermodel wasn't reality for 99.9% of the world. Of course, we also didn't 'affirm' their obesity when they were 5'6" tall and 100-lbs and tell them to keep throwing up dinner.