That is the dumbest shit you've written to date and you are the king of writing novels of dumb shit.
Really? Are you aware that with each passing generation(I think there's another word for it besides generation but similar concept) , mental illness is coming out earlier and earlier? Children as young as 4 are being looked at as being bi-polar now? Lol that's crazy to me, I don't think any kid that young should be considered to have a mental illness because of their behavior but it is what it is. Now I'm hearing about kids as young as 4 feeling transgender... that was unheard of not that long ago.
It's not stupid. That is why you are so mad, because logically I'm making sense right now and it's making your brain overheat. If I was spouting obvious delusion you would be laughing right now.
While some here vilify you for being curious, however, having had a boss that was rapid-cycle bi-polar, I find your question and random spark of interest to be entirely normal and not worthy of venom. My former boss, a surprisingly successful lawyer given his broad mood swings, went from heatedly discussing a criminal case, to almost sobbing with adoration about his devoted and perfectly healthy Black Lab to something he saw at Pottery Barn the day before in about 38 seconds, no joke. Working for that guy was never dull, but it was emotionally draining at times. <3
Lol I'm fine with being a villain. Doesn't everyone love a good villain? Maybe not lol. I might be the only person that's a fan of Neagan on the Walking Dead but I'm fairly caught up with the comics. Most recent episode might have shown a bit of what I'm talking about there. Lol c'mon BG! Don't be so damn selfish! I'm sure it was pretty emotionally draining for your boss too! It's not always about you BG lol!
A separate 2012 study found that 57% of transgender youth who did not have supportive parents attempted to commit suicide in the past year, while just 4% of transgender youth with “very supportive” parents did.
See? That's helpful! Thank you very much Mata. Those are some pretty strong numbers, I'd be willing to feed into mental illness if it had benefits like that; I didn't know exact numbers but I knew suicide was going to be brought up and I get it. I have compassion towards suicide. I understand what it's like to not want to be alive. To be in constant anguish, I know how badly that can take its toll.
However, the fact remains that many other forms of mental illness have very high rates of suicide... but we don't feed in to their delusions. We go ahead and smash their reality to pieces, which to me using common sense; could possibly push them to commit suicide.
If you spend a lot of time worrying about people and their collective genitals? The issue lies with you, not them.
My issue is encouraging mental illness. I could care less about genitals.
That said... I really wouldn't like a transgender person hitting on me... I will never accept them as the gender they identify with. Not knowing... I would be pretty fucking pissed to learn that after finding myself into someone I thought was
born a female.
My daughters best friend since 4th grade is trans and I love him as my own. I see it in his eyes and I know with my whole heart that if he could have chosen to be different, he would have.
He actually said to me over the weekend - "I don't hate my body, I'd love my body if it belonged to someone else." In other words, he thinks he has a wonderful female body but it's not the body that his heart/mind belong in. He's one of the lucky ones, to be loved and accepted by his family, friends and school. I actually gave him his male name. Makes me rather teary, because I love him as if he came from my body and I don't want him ever to be afraid or attacked or ridiculed for just trying to be his authentic self.
That is way too young in my opinion. I'll leave it at that because like I previously mentioned- I'm not trying to offend.
I want to say I recall Jake standing firmly on the line for advocating for pedophiles. Am I imagining that? Because that would be hilarious.
Whoa. Advocating for pedophiles? Am I comprehending that correctly? I believe they should all be hung from the nearest tree... if that's the line you were referring to lol. Whoa, I hope I didn't interpret that correctly lol... it takes a lot to offend me but that would do it. In fairness, I'm sure there are "pedophiles" out there that have urges they don't act on. I feel genuine sympathy for them and even find them respectable- but I don't think they're a pedophile until they act on it. Once they cross that line, I have nothing but contempt for them.
The transgender people I do know, both male and female, just truly believe they weren't born who they were supposed to be. Normal people, with normal jobs. A few have gotten the surgery. You could tell they just felt more alive and free.
And yet schizophrenic people...
truly believe their own delusions. They are still very much mentally ill.
In regards to the rest of your response... I don't know why you'd be so angry, why? Because you don't believe that it is a mental illness like I implied? I'm bi polar and do not suffer from any delusions. I am incredibly moody, and feel emotion more intensely than the rest-apparently that makes me mentally ill. I'm okay with that, I'm not mad or bitter about that assessment.
However, I don't think being gay is even close to being transgender. They are attracted to their own sex... and that is that. Plain and simple. However, to feel like you are the opposite sex... is a form of delusional thinking whether you like it or not. People say Global Warming is science... I agree. Scientifically, men are born with penises and women are born with vaginas. It really is as simple as that. There is no gray area there with the exception of hermaphrodites....
In conclusion, not a single response here has made me think that Transgender disorder is not a mental disorder. I see benefits to encouraging it... but it is still very much a mental illness to me and should probably be classified as such.
That said, If a sex change makes them happy and they are no longer living a tortured life- then maybe it isn't a mental illness after all. Treating mental illness is never a quick fix like that. Your welcome. I just had to offer the best logical explanation for it not being a mental illness. Again, I'd have to see numbers though... like I said before- many transgender people still appear very mentally ill outside of their gender whether it is separate mental illness or not, it's definitely a fair generalization.