#honestly so much of psychology is just diagnosis according to the patient’s words rather than by observable symptomology

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

the reason the LGBTQ community won’t acknowledge detransitioners is because they present a conundrum that’s damaging to the movement’s revolutionary goals:

if they never actually had gender dysphoria then we need to be intensely scrutinizing the standard for diagnosing gender dysphoria

if they did have gender dysphoria, but then it went away, we need to question the ethics of prescribing permanent bodily changes for what could be a temporary condition

#- HK #honestly so much of psychology is just diagnosis according to the patient’s words rather than by observable symptomology #i’m just disillusioned with the whole thing #mobile #x #respublica #(new politics tag) #sexuality