First do no harm.

Gender dysphoria is a form of psychosis where the patient doesn't see themselves in the mirror as others see them. There is very similar to BIID (Body Integrity Identity Disorder). This is a serious and real psychological disorder where people want to cut off parts of their healthy parts of their bodies.

I totally agree on this,

Thanks! It's actually odd to me that some people would actually try to argue this... actually. 😂🤔

Lol ik. The politics stream is just full of horrible people. Have a good day :)

Yup, wish they'd just stay in politicsTOO.

Peace ✌️

.... you've literally described gender affirming therapy in that second paragraph

Try again, or are you now redefining the word "affirming"?

..... It's where you offer support to someone who wants to come to their own conclusions and make their own decisions that they're comfortable with.

At this point, I'm wondering if YOU know what affirming means.

*Offering support* is offering support. Affirming means to strongly agree with the patient if they say they have concerns they might be transgender, sometimes to the points of actively pushing them in that direction, instead of offering support as they figure it out themselves.

If the patient leans towards deciding they're *not* trans, the therapist should also support them in *that* direction, but that's not what's happening these days, because even some therapists with ethics are still afraid that if they don't actively affirm transgenderism, they may be accused of transphobia, and risk losing their practice, and even their license.

Wow, there's like six different things completely not true about what you said, but the short answer here is that affirm doesn't mean pushing someone into something they don't want and it has never meant that. It's pretty obvious that English isn't your first language and that's ok, it really is, but it does mean you need to listen to the right meaning instead of insisting on the wrong one.