Furthermore, that this predisposition is somewhat malleable until an internal sense of gender is shaped by their life experiences and fixed somewhere between the ages of 5 and 7 for most people.
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Those directional nudges may be heightened considerably when strong emotional reactions and motivations are present, as in the case of highly anxious or trauma-motivated children with attachment issues.
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Their genetic predisposition toward opposite-gender inclinations becomes magnified to a degree that it causes them an exceptional amount of distress to ignore it, as a less sensitive or more secure child might learn to do.
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So what do we do with this information and the knowledge of a large overlap between dysphoria, ADHD, depression, and anxiety, assuming that these observations are correct for some portion of transgender people?
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Well, at least in the case of children, it suggests some avenues for early intervention which may significantly decrease the degree of dysphoria experienced later in life.
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In this context, the modern social permissiveness with respect to gender identity and experimentation is actually a very good thing, as it allows children the space to talk about dysphoria they're experiencing in a safe and accepting framework.
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i forget how to do it but you can use a command with archive in it to get it.
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archive dot is ?
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