[quote]killerDIRK wrote:
Too Human:
- "Would you recommend people skip these professional evaluations and just self-asses like the “gender therapist” in the previously posted video suggests?
you can still “self-asses”, for those that are not “quite” sure. I knew very young though, as I am sure most of my peers did.
You still need to have professional psychiatric therapy sessions before you are allowed to have any kind of SRS (sex reassignment surgery).
Also, the “gender-therapist” that you mock, is licenced by the American Psychiatric Association.
- "What’s your position on encouraging the transition of those that don’t get thorough psychological evaluations?
My position is that this is a must. You absolutely cannot have reassignment surgery until cleared by a psychiatrist.
Now maybe you could go to a different country (thailand) and have it done in some back alley, would not suggest it though.
Even in Thailand you have to show and prove, and they corroberate with your medical professional if you have done any therapy.
- “Do you think that people with gender dysphoria generally make transition decision based on objective and thorough psychological evaluations”?
Yes. Even though most of us knew when we where in our early teens if not before.
There is a lot that goes into the conversations about our being and how we see ourselves.
An example: Lets use Roid rage. Steroids enhance the behavoir of who you are, similar to alcohol.
So if you are an asshole, “oh my god” he’s got roidrage". Not really, they are just enhancing what is there.
So I have always seen myself as female in nature. The hormone therapy only enhances that then.
If you have social problems, the change is not going to cure the underlying pathology.
You will still have social problems, if not MORE.
Point being, no matter where you go there you are.[/quote]
The problem is that your gender dysphoria wasn’t openly being discussed and addressed with therapy at a young age and i’m truly, truly sorry about that.
Of course, it’s too late when your brain is fully developed to change this kind of mental disorder, so I can only have the utmost of empathy and I definitely have no animosity towards your decision to conform to the pathology with drugs and eventual genital mutilation.
However, when it comes to “roid rage”, you are totally wrong.
Heightened rage from AAS is the natural response to elevated stress hormone levels, from abusing the dosages and/or neglecting/improperly implementing PCT.
The likelihood to be violent is more closely tied with intelligence, so if there is any correlation here, it’s more likely the fact that idiots and assholes are more likely to abuse or improperly use AAS.
