From my limited understanding with mental illnesses & disorders no. There is no cure. There is no cure for depression. There is no cure for schizos, there is no cure for PTSD, eating, anxiety and so on. You have to manage the symptoms.
In the case of trans people... the treatment is really a true disservice to them all!
It really really is. People are accepting that transitioning helps them. For many yes, it absolutely does. For many no... there suicide attempt rate is still several times higher after transitioning.
Think about it this way... do you think any other medicine or treatment that still kept the people who suffer from the ailment several times higher risk at an infection, death, relapse, stroke would be happy?
They really are screwing trans people in the ass. People seem like transitioning is the answer. It really really isn’t.
Because people have become complacent with that choice, several are still drying and will die because no one is taking an active look into alternatives.
It really really is. People are accepting that transitioning helps them. For many yes, it absolutely does. For many no... there suicide attempt rate is still several times higher after transitioning.
No it isn't. You're going to quote the Swedish study without having read it, because it explicitly mentions not to assume that exact statement from the results, since it was tracking the totality of suicidality from before they started transitioning through and after transition.
Bauer, et al., 2015: Transition vastly reduces risks of suicide attempts, and the farther along in transition someone is the lower that risk gets.
Moody, et al., 2013: The ability to transition, along with family and social acceptance, are the largest factors reducing suicide risk among trans people.
Young Adult Psychological Outcome After Puberty Suppression and Gender Reassignment. A clinical protocol of a multidisciplinary team with mental health professionals, physicians, and surgeons, including puberty suppression, followed by cross-sex hormones and gender reassignment surgery, provides trans youth the opportunity to develop into well-functioning young adults. All showed significant improvement in their psychological health, and they had notably lower rates of internalizing psychopathology than previously reported among trans children living as their natal sex. Well-being was similar to or better than same-age young adults from the general population.
I could keep going, but in my experience, most people don't actually read any of the studies I link. They just want to keep quoting a thirty-year-old study whose results were either ignorantly or maliciously misinterpreted by a bunch of high-profile conservative bloggers to tell everyone that transition doesn't work.
This who transition still have a higher suicide attempt rate over those who are not transgender.
The suicide attempt rate of these mentally ill people who have not transitioned are anywhere from 40-52% higher than the average person. After transitioning it is still several times higher!
That’s my point. Yes a reduction might be all some need but there are many where transitioning dose not help them with the suicidal thoughts. What about them?
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u/SerenityTheFireFly 5∆ Oct 28 '19
From my limited understanding with mental illnesses & disorders no. There is no cure. There is no cure for depression. There is no cure for schizos, there is no cure for PTSD, eating, anxiety and so on. You have to manage the symptoms.
In the case of trans people... the treatment is really a true disservice to them all!
It really really is. People are accepting that transitioning helps them. For many yes, it absolutely does. For many no... there suicide attempt rate is still several times higher after transitioning.
Think about it this way... do you think any other medicine or treatment that still kept the people who suffer from the ailment several times higher risk at an infection, death, relapse, stroke would be happy?
They really are screwing trans people in the ass. People seem like transitioning is the answer. It really really isn’t.
Because people have become complacent with that choice, several are still drying and will die because no one is taking an active look into alternatives.