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Originally Posted by Kaitin
Sean: Thank you for answering.
I was thinking "odd!" until I read your quote. I have read "like I was born in the wrong body" about people wanting sex change operations. When they say this I don't understand but accept it. And sex change must be painful expensive surgery, with removal of healthy organs. I guess if you are saying the same I accept it.
Do you think such feeling is a mental illness? I don't think most transgender people believe they are sick. Again, no offense meant, but transgender seems similar. Do you think this?
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Hi again.
My sex change wasn't tremendously painful (but my family has a lot of pain tolerance). I wish I could have children but I didnt want to be a father to do it.
I don't think GID should be in the DSM. But I can see why it could be: GID is a physical problem (improper brain) but the disorder manifests itself with mental issues: depression, claims of being the opposite gender (at an extreme young age) and other things that are not physical.