One of the earliest cases of what we would probably today diagnose as "gender dysphoria" in the psychological literature is Judge Daniel Schreber in the case studies of Sigmund Freud, who believed a conspiracy was beaming "divine rays" into his head to turn him into a womanhttps://twitter.com/perdricof/status/1380366126429974530 …
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Daniel Schreber's writings are a memorable part enough of Freud's analysis that they inspired the creators of the movie Dark City, who named Kiefer Sutherland's mentor character "Dr. Daniel Schreber" in his honor But they left all the trans stuff out of the movie
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Dark City, of course, came out the year before The Matrix and has been cited as an influence on it The Wachowski Sisters, of course, being proof that all stories about some surreal neo-noir cityscape built on an illusion manipulated by dark forces are actually about being trans
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Anyway Freud's analysis of Judge Daniel Paul Schreber's memoir about his "nervous illness" blamed all the trans stuff on his dad, Dr. Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber (who went by the name "Moritz")
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Moritz Schreber was a colorful character who was known for having very strong views on childrearing and protecting boys from the vice of self-abuse He made his sons go out and work in the garden and do repetitive military-style exercises until they were too tired to jerk off
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While I do not believe that being explicitly drilled by your father to channel your erotic stirrings into repetitive-motion exercises involving operating various rhythmic machines to prevent you actually masturbating could "make you crazy", it probably didn't help anythingpic.twitter.com/AWAluTVAYf
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Nor could the "cold-water cure" for "temperamental ailments" (basically giving you an ice bath every time you gave your dad lip) or stuff like literally strapping his kid into a harness to correct his slouching posture (Freud had a field day with the symbolism of that one)
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Anyway the idea that having an asshole dad "makes you trans" is probably even more damaging than the idea that watching porn "makes you trans" However, I do think it's likely if Daniel Schreber were raised by someone other than Moritz he might've been less fucked up about it
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In any case, when I first heard this story I really, really wanted Moritz Schreber to be the namesake of Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening -- it'd be the most perfect thematic link if it were -- but there doesn't seem to be any evidence for it
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In my most stoned moments before realizing I was trans I had this wild idea that we're all just people from the future taking virtual reality vacations in the past and I secretly hoped the "real" me was a woman. In other words yeah that sounds really trans lol
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In the sense of dysphoria being linked to the concept of a dissociative state both Dark City and The Matrix are very trans movies despite having almost no literal trans content
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