>>18732765How about
>Implying you aren't perpetuating the idea that the person with the illness is incapable of making their own decisions regarding how they deal with their afflictionYou are equating wanting to wallow in clinical depression because of the feeling of hopelessness intrinsic in depression with wanting to alter your physical appearance to something that does not give you body image incongruity issues.
The fact of the matter is that Gender Dysphoria is an illness because it produces negative fucking emotions in the person; not because those negative emotions are rooted in an issue that to you is nothing. People who undergo Gender Reassignment are doing the exact same fucking thing as someone getting help with their depression; they are making a choice to alter their lifestyle in a way that will make them happier. And if you don't like it because you don't think it's the RIGHT way to be happier? Guess what? Fucking tough.
If you want it in terms you can understand; lets say that you had a very common, almost ubiquitous condition that caused you to shit blood all the time. It's completely harmless and 'natural', but you find it incredibly uncomfortable.
If you wanted to get an operation that would cause you to no longer shit blood, I would not be able to say that making it so you don't shit blood is somehow "running away" from a problem that everyone else is fine dealing with on a day-to-day basis, because, surprise surprise, you can't run away from a problem you don't fucking have.
