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by curiousgeorgio
3200 days ago
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I don't like to use the word "disorder" in this context (or any context where people can be easily offended) because it does have some negative stigmas attached to it. However, in this case, it's important to identify some feelings (however real they may be to the individual) as signs of a disorder, simply because they cause real distress for that person, and they don't match the normally congruent relationship between sex and gender. A person with schizophrenia may imagine and feel things that aren't strictly real, but are nonetheless "real" in terms of what they experience. In that case, it would be harmful to legitimize those things, and it's important to help the person distinguish between what feels real and what is real. In no way am I equating transgender feelings to schizophrenia, but those same principles should apply. |
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No, but people like to misrepresent metaphors when it suits their worldview.