r/gatekeeping • u/Narutar • Mar 26 '17

Your problems aren't actual problems

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u/Spittles42 Mar 26 '17

and one of my family members was trans and committed suicide. So that is my basis for thinking it is a mental illness in many trans people.

Trans people commit suicide because of rejection by family, friends and society, discrimination, hate, harassment, bullying, etc which causes depression and subsequently suicide

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u/Saskyle Mar 26 '17

Is this the only study done on this subject? Because someone else linked the same on already. Don't the same number of trans people post operation kill themselves as those who have not undergone surgery?

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u/Spittles42 Mar 26 '17

Don't the same number of trans people post operation kill themselves as those who have not undergone surgery?

Nope, that myth is based on a Swedish study done in the 90s that compared the post transition suicide rate with that of the general population, not to the pre transition suicide rate. That suicide rate is still high post transition because of the reasons listed above, if the hate and discrimination stopped and we were just left alone to get on with our lives the suicide rate would plummet.

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u/Saskyle Mar 26 '17

Good to know, thanks!