Gender Dysphoria is a DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel for Mental Illness. I have no idea how gender dysphoria effects a person. I know a lot about mental illness. I have five different mental illness; the state has me designated as SMI, Seriously Mentally Ill. I was able to deal with all my mental illnesses and be a successful ad…
Gender Dysphoria is a DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel for Mental Illness. I have no idea how gender dysphoria effects a person. I know a lot about mental illness. I have five different mental illness; the state has me designated as SMI, Seriously Mentally Ill. I was able to deal with all my mental illnesses and be a successful adult. A TBI Traumatic Brain Injury in 2002 increased my mental illness exponentially. It took years to properly identify my mental illnesses. It took years to get me on the right cocktail of psych meds. It took a year to teach myself CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Today, I am doing fabulous, happy and healthy, and planning to live into my 90's.
Mental illness can be excruciatingly painful. My despair caused me to anticipate suicide for years. If the medical community had said that a "tiny brain operation" would solve my problem, I would have jumped at it. WHY?? I was NOT in my right mind. I could not trust my own mind. I did not know that then, but I know it now.
My point here is that mental illnesses take years to treat. Gender Reassignment Surgery and Puberty Blocking Hormones are nothing more than a 'band-aid" on a serious mental illness. People with gender dysphoria deserve quality psychological therapy and care, not a "quick fix."
Gender Dysphoria is a DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel for Mental Illness. I have no idea how gender dysphoria effects a person. I know a lot about mental illness. I have five different mental illness; the state has me designated as SMI, Seriously Mentally Ill. I was able to deal with all my mental illnesses and be a successful adult. A TBI Traumatic Brain Injury in 2002 increased my mental illness exponentially. It took years to properly identify my mental illnesses. It took years to get me on the right cocktail of psych meds. It took a year to teach myself CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Today, I am doing fabulous, happy and healthy, and planning to live into my 90's.
Mental illness can be excruciatingly painful. My despair caused me to anticipate suicide for years. If the medical community had said that a "tiny brain operation" would solve my problem, I would have jumped at it. WHY?? I was NOT in my right mind. I could not trust my own mind. I did not know that then, but I know it now.
My point here is that mental illnesses take years to treat. Gender Reassignment Surgery and Puberty Blocking Hormones are nothing more than a 'band-aid" on a serious mental illness. People with gender dysphoria deserve quality psychological therapy and care, not a "quick fix."