Thread 40730662

I don't believe in gender dysphoria because I don't believe in mental illness.

>>40730662 (OP)
Like in a szasz way or more retarded?

>>40730680
szasz basically - I think its a way for powerful people to demonize poor and marginalized people being different or not obedient to those with more money and power than them - it's a system of social control not a medical system

>>40730684
His social commentary is less vapid than his word games but it’s still a bit silly and contrarian. He actually does believe that people can develop chronic maladaptive thought processes that seemingly aren’t neurological, so he’s at the end of the day full of shit in my eyes

>>40730684
even if you don't define it as an illness gender dysphoria can still exist unless you also deny qualia

>>40730713
well, regardless, nobody fully understands what's going on, and there's a lot of emotional and chemical abuse being caused by psychiatry and psychology - it is used to control people who are not compliant

>>40730723
Yeah there is that, but this is very motte and bailey really

>>40730736
most people who talk about mental illness being real have no real issue with that chemical abuse and believe the emotional abuse is trivial or the patient's fault

>>40730740
Not really no. Actually not at all