My father wants me to go see a therapist who's "neutral" on trans issues now that I've come out to him. He sent me a couple of options and wants me to actually start seeing someone soon. I think I have until next week to actually get the ball rolling here before he gets annoyed.What exactly can I expect? All of these people say that they specialize in or are competent in gender stuff, but what does that even mean? I'm not even questioning my gender a t p, and have been taking mones for two and a half years. I guess I just spooked him with cutting. And for that reason I don't think I can talk him out of making me do this (I am entirely financially dependent on him).Pic entirely unrel, I guess.
>>41525610goodnight bumpWhat exactly should I expect?
>>41525610we sort of have a similar lore I guess I’m going to sleep but my disc is emiii628
>>41525789you can expect a waste of timetherapists are all hacks he is not going to rewire your brain or anything like that
>>41525610youre just gonna be talking to some geriatric retard who unironically tells you to "just be a feminine gay man"
>>41525610you can't be both "neutral" and specialize in transgender people. transgender people should transtiion, and anyone who doesn't agree with this and treats us anyway is basically just engaging in malpractice (they'll get away with it of course since discrimination against us is de facto legal).although my parents tried this trick and when she found out I had been taking hormones and was full time for years and going to be getting surgery in two months (this is why my parents freaked and made me go see their therapist) it backfired hard and she realized had been lied to and completely changed her tune. but I think if I was just starting she would've argued against it and so even then I don't have much respect for that.
>>41525610>neutralThis is code for a conversion therapistHis job will be to blame your trans issues on any other aspect of your life that you tell him about, sow doubt in whether your feelings are really real or if they're a mistake etc.It's time to DIY
>>41525610he will prob slowly attempt to erase your truth and inner narrative and sense of self and replace it with either whatever he thinks or something about “reframing” and “cognitive distortions” and “symptom management” that leaves you complexly dissociatediwn trust a therapist again
>>41528640I'm not sure if any of the people he sent me will be "neutral" anyways, since he told me he couldn't really get info on that or tell them about me for legal reasons.>>41528651I already do.
"Neutral" means "conversion therapy". You will be pressured to convert to religion and repress your thoughts. If you refuse they may imprison or 5150 you. Don't go.
>>41525610first mistake you made was telling your parents. second mistake you made was having parents that don't pretend the problem will go away if it's not acknowledged.
>>41528859I didn't have a choice, because he found syringes I had left in my room and flew out to my uni to confront me about it.
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>>41528864I remember you making a thread about this a while ago. Why didn't you say it was just heroin?
>>41529865I figured honesty would be the best policy, and in any case I think I'd get sent straight to rehab if I said I did drugs. Obviously what I did instead was really risky, but at least I didn't get disowned.
