My point is still that the brain knows and that's totally distinct from anatomy

Well except for neuroanatomy

It's worth noting that David believed he was female for a period, as well.

The brain is a tricky thing

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He was confused given all the pressure. Heaven knows I was too.

It was miserable. I wanted to die. Almost did a few times.

Transition saved my life.

His brain knew better. Mine did too.

Dying is definitely not a good thing. Threats of suicide do not equate to being correct, though.

I didn't threaten.

I'm not citing your situation.

Fair enough

Rather frequently, 'transgenderism' is aconpanied by other, undiagnosed issues.

If transition fixed all of your problems, you're officially an outlier.

My bio says that I "live two standard devations from the mean" :-)

And yes, I've known several self reported trans oersons who were borderline personalities. One of the reasons why I so dislike trans being seen as "cool". It's not. It sucks. It's not normal. That said, it's real and it exists. Those who have it need an avenue to find some semblance of peace. For some, transition really does provide that.

The argument is, where is the actual damage?

Is the physical body wrong, or is the mind?

I'm glad it was there for me and I don't want to see the avenue closed for others. There are so many success stories. Just like at Kim Petras.

That's a good question but currently irrelevant since we can't fix the mind. And even if we could, like with homosexuality, is it ethical to force a change in a functional person against thier will? If you say yes, then let's start dumping lithium in the water. :p

We absolutely can.

I'm up for lithium in the water. Let's do it.

Not what I'm talking about.

One sec, driving. Just got off shift

The DSM5 makes clear that a person who is functional and who is not distressed by a condition is not sick.

I no longer have gender identity dysphoria because I'm functional and not distressed by my body anymore. Well any more than all women are self critical. :-)

Drive safe!

@DrYuriMom `I'm up for lithium in the water. Let's do it.` surely you jest?

Mental illness is commie propaganda.

```"The field of our science is human action, not the psychological events which result in an action. It is precisely this which distinguishes the general theory of human action, praxeology, from psychology. The theme of psychology is the internal events that result or can result in a definite action. The theme of praxeology is action as such. This also settles the relation of praxeology to the psychoanalytical concept of the subconscious. Psychoanalysis too is psychology and does not investigate action but the forces and factors that impel a man toward a definite action. The psychoanalytical subconscious is a psychological and not a praxeological category. Whether an action stems from clear deliberation, or from forgotten memories and suppressed desires which from submerged regions, as it were, direct the will, does not influence the nature of the action. The murderer whom a subconscious urge (the Id) drives toward his crime and the neurotic whose aberrant behavior seems to be simply meaningless to an untrained observer both act; they like anybody else are aiming at certain ends. It is the merit of psychoanalysis that it has demonstrated that even the behavior of neurotics and psychopaths is meaningful, that they too act and aim at ends, although we who consider ourselves normal and sane call the reasoning determining their choice of ends nonsensical and the means they choose for the attainment of these ends contrary to purpose.
-Ludwig von Mises, Human Action. ```

Replace "wine" with "cum"

Replace "drinks wine and not water" with "chops his dick off"

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@ʇooNʇooN yes, that was sarcasm to make a point

Anarcho communism is sheet

I refuse to verify my phone

Anarcho Capitalism is no better

you have to have rules for the market to flourish and have to crack down on people abusing the market to go to monopoly status

Ancaps are fake intellectuals who think that the market being unlimited allows it to truly choose the best version of society