OP dear, I've dealt with trans patients for many years. I was trained in one of the last psychoanalytic training programs. My two long term therapy patients were heavily supervised. One was a MtF. Had many issues, but passed well. I also loved Neurology and almost went into it. Every tiny thing we do, goes through the brain. Whatever our thoughts are, they too are controlled by the brain. I never had any doubt about the trans condition being a very "organic" thing. I myself see shifting emotions and feelings and I have had trauma too. Now, Im not so young, and am beginning to accept myself. Im female, a huge tomboy. Even my parents referred to me as their "boy", but it was said as a compliment. Once i hit puberty and discovered boys, I became a "boy crazy" girl and fell in love every six months with a new boy. I think I could be like that now too!!! I discussed all this with other girlfriends.

The common thread was, we had a love of penises. Flirting with other types of sexuality, it was the mighty penis we wanted. Big, smelly, hairy bodies. I'm sure you know.

Ehlers-Danlos was genetic, I thought. I have many autoimmune issues but I'm amazed if it really is true, that there is some connection! Obviously, someone better study this fast.

If I knew what causes my sister's scizophrenia, which has pretty much destroyed the family, I would go fix wherever thing in the brain which caused her to go insane, right after she passed the medical boards in the USA.

There was a lot of hooha about "biopsychosocial" causes of mental illness. I was annoyed because the shrinks who harped on this pretended to have invented this "model".

I left psychiatry 10 yrs ago, had a cancer very young. I found it myself. Between that and my 25 year old hatred of the shitty DSM, Im so glad Im out of that environment.

Now, there is a lot of talk about throwing the entire DSM away for good!

We needed the concept to be eligible for Medicare payments for mental health care. Now, people want actual psychotherapy. Every single psychoanalyst I knew is very old. I had 2 for 20 years. One got Alzheimers; another one died of myeloma. There is no one trained in anymore. It's a mess.