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Re:Transmission of Mental Disorders in Adolescent Peer Networks by amanaplanacanal on Friday May 31, 2024 @05:01AM (#40532821)
Wait, are you saying that transitioning is a surefire way to fuck up your life? Because for people with gender dysphoria it’s the exact opposite.
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Re:Transmission of Mental Disorders in Adolescent Peer Networks by TaylorAlexander on Friday May 31, 2024 @04:50PM (#40540092)
Exactly.
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Re:Transmission of Mental Disorders in Adolescent Peer Networks by jojobas on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:19AM (#40552093)
There's no way to tell how many of the kids didn't know they had gender dysphoria until they heard it's cool.

The growth figures for adolescents reporting GD can't be explained without a social contagion kind of thing.

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Re:Transmission of Mental Disorders in Adolescent Peer Networks by TaylorAlexander on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:24AM (#40561191)
Counter point is that I’m an adult who started transition at 36, and I really wish I’d known this was an option when I was younger. I knew trans people existed, but only as the butt of jokes. I wish I had understood this to be a real choice when I was younger.
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