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ssjevot posted...

The idea that you need to do a "brain scan" to validate your feelings is ridiculous. Should we also do scans for everyone who says they are depressed and if it doesn't look the way we want it to we just tell them they can't get help?

I literally do fMRI and EEG research for a living and I find it hilarious people think it's this simple. Do you even know how much time and money it takes to do an fMRI?

what are you talking about? no one said anything about diagnosing depression with scans / denying medicine if someone doesn't have a scan. we give medicine all the same without scans.

ssjevot posted...

The idea that you need to do a "brain scan" to validate your feelings is ridiculous. Should we also do scans for everyone who says they are depressed and if it doesn't look the way we want it to we just tell them they can't get help?

I literally do fMRI and EEG research for a living and I find it hilarious people think it's this simple. Do you even know how much time and money it takes to do an fMRI?

it's not to "validate feelings", its to diagnose a legitimate condition where one's brain does not match ones body, leading to body dysmorphia, which is a legitimate condition that ails people. this system would officially recognize where people actually ARE trans (i.e. having a body that doesn't match "who they are", i.e. their brain). It would recognize that this IS a legitimate issue that people have, and would allow people to be identified properly.

people who just "feel" they are the wrong gender are often people who are confusing gender (something of the brain) with gender roles. You can feel like you aren't "like other boys/girls", even when your body/brain matches with them. People should recognize the difference between when there actually is a disconnect with body/brain, and when it's an issue of just not "fitting in" with what you are "supposed to" do/feel. that's a big problem.