Can't - won't - speak for anyone else, but I think there's a matter of degrees here and there's a matter of levels. If someone well and truly has psychological issues to address involving their gender identification, then so be it, and that ought not be mocked. While I'm not a doctor, I stayed in Holiday Inn Express last night, and I know that when I - or people close to me - have gone to licensed therapists to deal with serious psychological issues I can't recall even one time where that professional said "above all, make sure you go on social media and announce this to the entire world. It will be healing."
I don't think I'm worlds off here in terms of relevance, but for various reasons I watched an episode (well, two, because it was continued) of The Doctors that focused on Aaron Carter. And while I trust Travis Stork (and Judy Ho, a doctor in clinical psychology) to be professional and not do anything to harm their "patient", it was clear that the incessant need of Carter to have everything broadcast on TV and social media was a severe detriment to solving his issues of addiction and sexual identity (Carter appears to be struggling with his sexuality). Finally, Ho offered to treat him for free but to do so off-camera and off-line.
I think for me, there is the general identity politics issue, but also the personal one. I think there's a point where dealing with the world's issues has to take a backseat to dealing with one's personal issues. As they say, "put on your own life mask before offering to help your fellow passengers".
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