28-Nov-2017, 02:24 AM
You are not alone. There's both good and bad in that statement. This whole thing blindsides us. I used to hear the word transgender and think - "oh, that must be difficult for those people."
Now, I see it completely differently. It is a social contagion - a mental illness that is spreading with "expert" feeding and instruction. Sure, I still make room in my head for the possibility that very few people are continually gender dysphoric all their life and that - as an adult over age 25 - they can choose to transition as a last resort and that is may be what is best for them and I don't hold any ill-will toward them. But that is not what is happening to our kids - not even 19 year-olds who never were gender dysphoric and have other mental health issues - not by a long shot. No, these kids are desperate and finding all the wrong, unhealthy ways to layer-on more problems; find the wrong, self-serving purpose in life; and commit to a life of never fully accepting themselves for who they are - as they are. Bravery is not fighting the reality of your life (especially not when it's going along with hundreds of thousands of other well-funded social justice warriors). Bravery is accepting your strengths and your limitations and doing your very best with both.
I hope this place helps you and I wish you and your family the very best.
Now, I see it completely differently. It is a social contagion - a mental illness that is spreading with "expert" feeding and instruction. Sure, I still make room in my head for the possibility that very few people are continually gender dysphoric all their life and that - as an adult over age 25 - they can choose to transition as a last resort and that is may be what is best for them and I don't hold any ill-will toward them. But that is not what is happening to our kids - not even 19 year-olds who never were gender dysphoric and have other mental health issues - not by a long shot. No, these kids are desperate and finding all the wrong, unhealthy ways to layer-on more problems; find the wrong, self-serving purpose in life; and commit to a life of never fully accepting themselves for who they are - as they are. Bravery is not fighting the reality of your life (especially not when it's going along with hundreds of thousands of other well-funded social justice warriors). Bravery is accepting your strengths and your limitations and doing your very best with both.
I hope this place helps you and I wish you and your family the very best.
