I really can't pinpoint the day when it was decided that proclaiming yourself not to be your born gender was a good thing. I have a few memories of hearing about such a thing as a child. But it was far from something that was always on tv and in the news, being talking about at all, much less celebrated. But the times seem to have changed just as much as some people's gender identity. Even though only 0.03% of the population claim to have this issue. Now, thanks in part to people like Bruce (Caitlyn) Jenner, I can't get away from it. We have been told that these people are something called Transgender. That they were quite literally born into the wrong gendered body. In the case of Bruce, that he is in fact, a she. That by "transitioning", they will become their "authentic selves" and begin "living their truth". That they will be happy for the first time in their lives. Great, right?
But if you are confused by this, you are not alone. To most people the idea doesn't quite add up. How can a person be in the "wrong" body? You don't want anyone to be unhappy. But you just can't seem to understand it. Here again, the trusty media lets us know how to think. And it's that questioning the validity of transgenderism at all is bigoted and hateful. So, there you go. It's real, period. You transphobe! But wait, shockingly that's not the whole story. There's a lot more to it that the PC police and our dear friends, the social justice warriors aren't telling you. The real truth is that transgenderism is not actually a real thing at all. And that by going along with it, we are actually hurting the people that are suffering from the mental illness of Gender Dysphoric Disorder.
If you've never heard of Gender Dysphoria, I'm not surprised. It's not a term that is used very often. The LGBTQAIIXYZ7 people don't even want it mentioned. But what it is, is the condition of feeling one's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one's biological sex. That you, in fact, feel that you are not in the right body, when you really are. It is a mental illness, not a physical one. So just as with other mental illnesses, going along with it, even if it seems to make the afflicted feel better in the moment, is the wrong thing to do. They will not get better, and the long-term results could be disastrous.
Most people understand that when it comes to mental illness, changing the outside will not fix the inside. Yet when it comes to people that believe themselves to be trans, this it exactly what they do in order to seek happiness. In the case of Bruce, he grew out his hair, started wearing women's clothes and make-up, he even takes female hormones and had surgery to his face, neck and chest. But this is little more than an expensive game of dress up. He has not become a woman at all. He is every bit the biological man he ever was. As are all people who make the choice to "transition". It is interesting to point out that Bruce, like a lot of people suffering from GDD, has chosen not to have full gender reassignment surgery. Which is a good thing because studies show that around ten years after their transition, these people start to have serious mental problems stemming from the regret they feel that it leads to a more than twenty-fold higher suicide rate than the average non-trans population. For those who do have the full surgery, the regrets are even worse. The realization that they have made a mistake that can never be fixed is overwhelming. They can stop the hormones, and dress the way they used too. But they will never be the same again. Which is the exact reason why telling someone that it's wonderful that they make these changes in the first place, is so wrong. The mentally sane have a responsibility to help those who are struggling, not push them toward destroying themselves.
Some good examples of this are the disorders of Anorexia Nervosa and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. People who suffer some these illnesses, just as with sufferers of GDD have a totally skewed view of themselves. A sufferer of Anorexia will literally believe that they are fat when in fact they are close to dead due to malnutrition. They can look like a skeleton and still "see" fat. Should they be told by friends and family that they are right? That they should "live their truth"? That they could use to lose a few? Of course not! They need help. Even if they don't want it. Those with BDD believe that they are physically hideous. They will diet and exercise to dangerous levels. They will spend, in some cases, millions of dollars on plastic surgeries that they are never happy with. They will hide themselves away from people to the point of becoming total recluses. This disorder, if untreated, can often lead to severe anxiety, depression and suicide. All of which were the case for one of it's most famous sufferers, Michael Jackson. Jackson used his vast wealth to indulge his illness and it lead to his facial disfigurement and ultimate death from a drug overdose at the age of just fifty years old.
Many say that it is just hate speech. That it is bigoted and cruel to "deny a person's true self". But in reality, they are hurt far more by our cultures growing willingness to be a joyful party to their delusion. Children are having their puberty stopped. Schools are teaching that there are many different genders. That you can just choose the one you like, and change your mind later if you feel like it. In a society were feeling are king, truth has no place if it makes you unhappy. I shutter to think of all the children who will grow up having no idea who they are. The road we are on is a dangerous one that is already being lined with the casualties of the feelings revolution.
But as with all roads, we can turn around. We can speak the truth. We can share reality with the people who need it most. Our friends, families, children and those who are currently in the grips of this terrible illness. With love and kindness, we can help them come back to who they really are. Only then can they live in their happy, authentic truth.
VOH
www.wsj.com/articles/paul-mchugh-transgender-surgery-isnt-the-solution
www.sexchangeregret.com
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