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If a physically healthy child with an eating disorder says they're too fat or too thin, what do you say? "No you're not, you're perfect as you are." If a physically healthy child with gender dysphoria says they're the opposite sex, what do you say?
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Depending... If the child goes to therapy and says they think they're too fat, as a therapist, I wouldn't negate their experience. Rather, I explore what gives them that perception, what factors plays out, etc. In therapy, we don't try to "fix" people's perception of themselves.
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I'd like to think that if an anorexic child went to therapy thinking they're obese, that the therapist would fix said child's perception of themselves to see they're not what they think they are.
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I wouldn't imagine that would work with an anorexic or a child with gender dysphoria. I'm acutely aware of what I say to my teen daughters about their personal observations.
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My tweet was over-simplified due to character restrictions. I know it's not that easy - but the message remains the same. We shouldn't affirm children who have warped fees of their own bodies. It's not kind, and it won't help them.
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Not on the list of first things to do is indulge them uninhibitedly. We adults have a hard enough time coming to clarity on these issues.
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Even for me at 31, I think the same line of questioning applies. The difference is I have a much better ability to reason than I did half my lifetime ago
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