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Originally Posted by ganstaman
That's such a watered down definition of traumatic that I won't accept it. Any amount of discomfort can be considered traumatic? Really?
I agree with this, but that's not what's being discussed. It's not what this thread is about (see title) and is not what the original post I was responding to said.
I think you're not getting the point.
It doesn't matter if you call it trauma or unease or discomfort.
It is a negative feeling. Don't you think anyone who goes to the trouble of gender transition had some negative feelings about their previous life?
Are you sure that the only way possible to remedy those negative feelings is to switch genders?
Should that really be the accepted default? Should it really be encouraged as the primary solution, when lesser measures might prove to relieve those negative feelings in a different way?
I don't know how you think anything I said is not on topic of the thread.
The title is 'mental health categorizations...'. It's not trauma, or dysmorphia, it's mental health.
Any negative feelings can go under the category of mental health.
You did not address the rebuttal of your claim that saying this issue is related to mental health is in some way a denial of the existence of trans people. If I say depression is related to mental health, do you think that is denying the existence of depressed people?
Yes, people are really trans, because their brain tells them they are trans, which causes them discomfort living their lives as their a gender assigned at birth. Gender reassignment is one possible remedy for that discomfort. Do you really believe it is the only possible remedy?
You also failed to answer my question about if you think anyone would transition who didn't have at least some discomfort with their previous status.