Talk:Madeline/Controversy/@comment-25474531-20200225130552/@comment-5226008-20200607023925

Being trans isn't a mental illness. Neither is dysphoria, not on its own; It's like depression. If you have enough depression/dysphoria, it can impede your ability to function or block it entirely. It can ruin your life. The solution to dysphoria, as literally any appropriately-qualified doctor will tell you, is transition. To take the social steps needed to bridge the gap between your gender and your sex, and to help it along with medical assistance if necessary. People like me who have been out for several years are doing pretty alright. I'm definitely not mentally unwell. People who transitioned earlier than me are generally doing even better because they had to fight their body less. My sleeping disorder is way more of an impediment to my life than being trans is, nowadays.

Being trans isn't an illness, it's the cure.