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That brings us all the way back around.... Jeordam Send a noteboard - 08/03/2017 09:05:40 PM

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People who suffer from anorexia see themselves in the mirror and believe that they are overweight, even though they are not. They do not accurately perceive external reality.

People who suffer from gender dysphoria look in the mirror and accurately perceives external reality; it is that accurate perception which causes distress. They don't look at themselves and think "I have a female body." They look at themselves and think "I have the wrong body."

That is not what people with anorexia think. Yes, both look at the mirror and don't like what they see, but a person with anorexia doesn't like what they see because they see something that is untrue. A person with gender dysphoria doesn't like what they see because they see things accurately and feel a disconnect with what they are seeing.


Whether they perceive a reality that isn't true, or they feel that the reality they perceive isn't true....ultimately the same difference. Their mind is the one in error.

We take measures to help the anorexic person understand that they aren't overweight. What they are seeing is normal and healthy. That their mind is not aligned with what their body needs. That they are loved and valued.

Why don't we take the measures to help the transgender person to understand that the gender they see is correct? That they are that gender. That their body is correct, and instead it is their mind that is not aligned with their body, and that they are loved and valued.

Why the disparity between the two? Why are we willing to help one person become mentally healthy and gain weight back, but we are not telling the other person to become mentally healthy and see their body as being correct? And in fact, we are taking the direct opposite pathway....

~Jeordam

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Well that's the crux of the topic isn't it.... - 08/03/2017 05:48:50 PM 590 Views
That takes us right back to body vs mind, doesn't it? - 08/03/2017 07:13:32 PM 647 Views
Well that would be the difference... - 08/03/2017 08:54:59 PM 699 Views
So do tell me what in fact the purpose of our discussion is, then? - 08/03/2017 09:40:09 PM 648 Views
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That brings us all the way back around.... - 08/03/2017 09:05:40 PM 698 Views
Because - 08/03/2017 09:30:37 PM 684 Views
Two things... - 09/03/2017 05:50:32 PM 634 Views
you're missing a rather obvious difference, aren't you? - 08/03/2017 09:50:09 PM 658 Views
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Well now we are bridging a rather big gap.... - 09/03/2017 07:12:26 PM 679 Views
Re: Well now we are bridging a rather big gap.... - 09/03/2017 08:52:30 PM 760 Views
So two conversations now..... - 09/03/2017 09:39:55 PM 655 Views
Re: So two conversations now..... - 09/03/2017 10:23:39 PM 645 Views
And this is what you're overlooking.... - 09/03/2017 10:47:47 PM 677 Views
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So this is an interesting point..... - 09/03/2017 05:56:12 PM 673 Views
Sure about that? - 09/03/2017 08:53:14 PM 640 Views
It's a mater of persepctive.... - 09/03/2017 09:12:09 PM 653 Views
wrong - 09/03/2017 09:41:53 PM 589 Views
Sure. - 09/03/2017 09:57:48 PM 689 Views
sure, could be - 09/03/2017 11:56:31 PM 613 Views
I feel like this has been said several times already, in several ways - 10/03/2017 04:10:27 PM 652 Views
It has been said, and I understand what is being said... - 10/03/2017 06:01:06 PM 658 Views
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I find your wording problematic and agenda driven. - 07/03/2017 11:58:03 PM 662 Views
I appolozie if I offended - 08/03/2017 06:18:41 PM 653 Views
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Take your trigger warnings back to tumblr where they belong - 07/03/2017 12:21:05 PM 781 Views
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So I could self-identify - 08/03/2017 12:36:39 AM 599 Views
I read through this thread. - 10/03/2017 12:44:03 AM 940 Views

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