I’m no expert on this subject, but I was an introverted junior high kid decades ago. I thank God that these people weren’t around then. I didn’t turn out too bad.
Common sense can lead you to understand that this training is a very basic understanding of a very complex subject (adolescent mental health). Knowing just a small piece of the puzzle can cause more damage than it might prevent. When this is all teachers (who are not phycologists) are taught about children who are in a very vulnerable time of their life, the resulting teacher/child interaction could lead their students down a path that is very damaging physically and mentally for the child.
This training is like a funnel. If this is the only explanation for a child’s distress, they all get funneled in that direction regardless of the real root cause of the distress.
Phycologists and teachers know this and should condemn it. It leads me to believe that the goal isn’t adolescent mental health.
This is pretty long but Grok is pretty smart and it helps to see how important and tricky this could be for teachers, so I’ll pass it on.
Can gender dysphoria can be misdiagnosed? Yes, it’s possible. Misdiagnosis can occur due to several factors:
Overlap with Other Conditions: Symptoms of gender dysphoria, such as distress or discomfort with one’s body or social role, can sometimes resemble those of other psychological conditions like body dysmorphic disorder, depression, or anxiety. For example, someone fixating on perceived physical flaws might be misdiagnosed with gender dysphoria when the root issue is body dysmorphia.
Complexity of Self-Reporting: Diagnosis relies heavily on an individual’s self-reported feelings and experiences. If a person struggles to articulate their distress or misinterprets it (e.g., conflating general discomfort with societal expectations with gender-specific dysphoria), a clinician might misjudge the situation.
External Pressures: In some cases, societal or familial influences might lead individuals to frame their struggles as gender dysphoria when the underlying issue could be something else, like trauma or identity exploration. Clinicians, especially those less experienced, might not probe deeply enough to differentiate.
Developmental Factors: In children or adolescents, gender dysphoria can be trickier to diagnose accurately because gender identity can evolve during development. Some kids experience temporary gender nonconformity that resolves without persistent dysphoria, while others have a consistent and enduring experience. The DSM-5 notes that not all gender nonconforming youth will meet the criteria for gender dysphoria long-term.
True, but this approach forces many kids to grow into the queer worldview where everything that is normal today must be destroyed today and everything that becomes normal tomorrow must be destroyed tomorrow. A perpetual hell of social activism (thanks Karl Marx and DEI). Where does it end? They don’t know. Just my opinion but I believe they live to hate.
Open the pandora’s box in the name of “psychology”, mental health and “counseling” and healthcare – and they will follow. “I accept you as you are…” when no one else “understands” you like WE do…..There is a name for this and it starts with “Gr”…..
Teachers and “educators” are a tool and to promote it and even sell the “ideas” in a public school setting on our tax dime while they get pensions for life and raises and benefits (seems to be a discussion needing to be had).
Profiling every student- end game. (and “partnerships”) share the data on your kids calling it “Data Analysis” and “Behavior Analysis”.
Sick area- kids are all a research project and parent/taxpayers a Tool (“For the Good”) clubs
The U of I 8th Grade “survey” is a great example of the “research” and data abuses they intend on storing, sharing and “analyzing” to TARGET and identify and LABEL kids and parents on our dime and public/private so called partnerships. Weird
“Gender dysphoria” is a made-up term BY THE DEVIL to DESTROY our children’s FAITH and FAMILY and FUTURE… his path for deceiving the future generations to support his evil!
John 10:10 ESV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. https://bible.com/bible/59/jhn.10.10.Esv
I’m no expert on this subject, but I was an introverted junior high kid decades ago. I thank God that these people weren’t around then. I didn’t turn out too bad.
Common sense can lead you to understand that this training is a very basic understanding of a very complex subject (adolescent mental health). Knowing just a small piece of the puzzle can cause more damage than it might prevent. When this is all teachers (who are not phycologists) are taught about children who are in a very vulnerable time of their life, the resulting teacher/child interaction could lead their students down a path that is very damaging physically and mentally for the child.
This training is like a funnel. If this is the only explanation for a child’s distress, they all get funneled in that direction regardless of the real root cause of the distress.
Phycologists and teachers know this and should condemn it. It leads me to believe that the goal isn’t adolescent mental health.
Part 2 when my internet provider decides to provide what I paid for! It’s worse
This is pretty long but Grok is pretty smart and it helps to see how important and tricky this could be for teachers, so I’ll pass it on.
Can gender dysphoria can be misdiagnosed? Yes, it’s possible. Misdiagnosis can occur due to several factors:
Overlap with Other Conditions: Symptoms of gender dysphoria, such as distress or discomfort with one’s body or social role, can sometimes resemble those of other psychological conditions like body dysmorphic disorder, depression, or anxiety. For example, someone fixating on perceived physical flaws might be misdiagnosed with gender dysphoria when the root issue is body dysmorphia.
Complexity of Self-Reporting: Diagnosis relies heavily on an individual’s self-reported feelings and experiences. If a person struggles to articulate their distress or misinterprets it (e.g., conflating general discomfort with societal expectations with gender-specific dysphoria), a clinician might misjudge the situation.
External Pressures: In some cases, societal or familial influences might lead individuals to frame their struggles as gender dysphoria when the underlying issue could be something else, like trauma or identity exploration. Clinicians, especially those less experienced, might not probe deeply enough to differentiate.
Developmental Factors: In children or adolescents, gender dysphoria can be trickier to diagnose accurately because gender identity can evolve during development. Some kids experience temporary gender nonconformity that resolves without persistent dysphoria, while others have a consistent and enduring experience. The DSM-5 notes that not all gender nonconforming youth will meet the criteria for gender dysphoria long-term.
Most people out grow it
True, but this approach forces many kids to grow into the queer worldview where everything that is normal today must be destroyed today and everything that becomes normal tomorrow must be destroyed tomorrow. A perpetual hell of social activism (thanks Karl Marx and DEI). Where does it end? They don’t know. Just my opinion but I believe they live to hate.
Open the pandora’s box in the name of “psychology”, mental health and “counseling” and healthcare – and they will follow. “I accept you as you are…” when no one else “understands” you like WE do…..There is a name for this and it starts with “Gr”…..
Teachers and “educators” are a tool and to promote it and even sell the “ideas” in a public school setting on our tax dime while they get pensions for life and raises and benefits (seems to be a discussion needing to be had).
Its a religion and $ funnel IDES campaign.
1% sales tax will fund more propaganda
Profiling every student- end game. (and “partnerships”) share the data on your kids calling it “Data Analysis” and “Behavior Analysis”.
Sick area- kids are all a research project and parent/taxpayers a Tool (“For the Good”) clubs
The U of I 8th Grade “survey” is a great example of the “research” and data abuses they intend on storing, sharing and “analyzing” to TARGET and identify and LABEL kids and parents on our dime and public/private so called partnerships. Weird
Yep
ISBE is what I meant (not IDES) although its all the same players in the same “system” and projects.
Students can’t read or write but they will know what sex they might be
or should be or want to be
How sad!!!
Wait for part 2! If I ever get internet service
“Gender dysphoria” is a made-up term BY THE DEVIL to DESTROY our children’s FAITH and FAMILY and FUTURE… his path for deceiving the future generations to support his evil!
John 10:10 ESV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
https://bible.com/bible/59/jhn.10.10.Esv
Suppose I should spellcheck my spelling of psychologists. I’m not a botanist either. 🤪