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Thinking more about this article from @herong, in particular about the medical paternalism that has been coming from “gender critical” therapists or psychiatrists like Marchiano and Bell.https://www.politicalresearch.org/2021/01/30/aberration-common-sense …
There is this notion that if you’re a young adult in mental distress, especially if you see or hear things or you’re on the spectrum, you have no real control over decision making. But I made a key decision to halt my pending transition at 19 - while “psychotic” no less!
I was first diagnosed as schizophrenic at 17. My GID diagnosis happened in 2007 when I was in college. At the same time, I was in an abusive relationship & crushed under the weight of a rigorous IT program while dorm students treated me like a freak.https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/07/the-light-in-the-dark/ …
Yet despite all this going on, my prefrontal cortex still being immature (oh no!!), being an active alcoholic, & being utterly convinced that the static in the carpet was going to eat me alive, I knew I wasn’t in the right place to proceed. *I stopped myself*. No docs did that.
There is a long history of the psych industry assuming that people who experience mental distress or who see/hear things are so disconnected from reality that we need others to make decisions for us. Insisting we can think for ourselves is proof we can’t.https://rootedinrights.org/the-anosognosia-label-is-psychiatric-gaslighting-masquerading-as-science/ …
Instilling new restrictions on people, many of whom are highly marginalized & experiencing distress as a direct result of this, is not revolutionary care. It is the status quo, wearing the same white coats that institutionalize people for being depressed that they’re fucked over.
You want better healthcare outcomes for young people who are dysphoric? Listen to them about what’s going on. Address the other stuff in their lives so the distress lessens. Make sure they have a safe place to live, have healthy relationships, have food to eat, & social supports.
Therapy won’t fix all these problems. Pills won’t do it. Assessments won’t do it. Neither will just telling people “wait until you’re 25 because neurology.” All that does is make people feel unheard and meanwhile, they’re still starving and in pain.
You will be amazed at what us “crazy” people are capable of if you put down the judgments and view us as PEOPLE. People with needs, yes, but ultimately agency and capacity for growth if given the support needed at the time.
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