no but the above is what I tell my coworkers when they ask why so many of our trans patients act cluster b AF. It’s partly because our sample, being inpatient, is gonna have a higher incidence overall, but it’s also because that constellation of behaviors is caused by a very specific type of relatively lowkey but super chronic trauma that’s unfortunately common for that population to be exposed to.
Honestly though the DSM and all the diagnoses in it is one of the most harmful things to have ever happened. Especially the lies and misunderstandings it promotes.
There’s also a lot of ‘therapy’ types which aren’t at all helpful. The most commonly promoted and attempted to be used is CBT which looks to solve symptoms, not underlying root causes by reframing them.
A lot of modern therapy isn’t all that great at understanding individuals (or plural groups), really getting to the core of their problems and not treating them just like a littany of problems, all thanks to the DSM, even the therapist we see agrees, she thinks it would be better if we burned the DSM.
Sadly we think it’ll be a while before a lot of therapy given to folks is actually any good or useful and has caused so much harm in the process because it really isn’t built for purpose and based on foundational lies and misunderstandings.
Tbf, I don’t think cishet society is that healthy rn either. So much reactionary bs is fueled by that
no but the above is what I tell my coworkers when they ask why so many of our trans patients act cluster b AF. It’s partly because our sample, being inpatient, is gonna have a higher incidence overall, but it’s also because that constellation of behaviors is caused by a very specific type of relatively lowkey but super chronic trauma that’s unfortunately common for that population to be exposed to.
Honestly though the DSM and all the diagnoses in it is one of the most harmful things to have ever happened. Especially the lies and misunderstandings it promotes.
There’s also a lot of ‘therapy’ types which aren’t at all helpful. The most commonly promoted and attempted to be used is CBT which looks to solve symptoms, not underlying root causes by reframing them.
A lot of modern therapy isn’t all that great at understanding individuals (or plural groups), really getting to the core of their problems and not treating them just like a littany of problems, all thanks to the DSM, even the therapist we see agrees, she thinks it would be better if we burned the DSM.
Sadly we think it’ll be a while before a lot of therapy given to folks is actually any good or useful and has caused so much harm in the process because it really isn’t built for purpose and based on foundational lies and misunderstandings.
I don’t think cock and ball torture would solve my mental anguish either…
What about Computer Based Training?
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.