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A Very Real Danger
by Susan Riley
Recently I received news that a sister in my chapter has taken her own life. Although I do not know if her dressing was a contributor or not, her passing really hits home about the danger we in the gender community face. Most statistics show that better than 50% of TG people attempt suicide, often more than once. I will be perfectly honest here, I myself have attempted it three times. Roughly 30% of TG people succeed in taking their lives. The Transgender community has one of the highest, if not the highest, rate of suicide of any group.
Being transgendered is not the direct cause of these suicides, but rather depression that is often triggered by being TG. According to suicide.org, untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide. We as transgender individuals often face a very hard life that easily contributes to depression and ultimately suicide if the issues most of us face remain unresolved. Being TG is often a lonely affair, society shuns us, and loved ones often do not accept us. Many of us have at times in our lives have tried to deny who we are in order to fit into society, only to learn that we cannot deny ourselves without causing ourselves considerable harm, often leading to depression.
Often we have to fight our battle with depression alone, especially if your spouse or family are unaware of your crossdressing. Depression is very very difficult to deal with on your own, help is needed. If you cannot confide in your spouse or family because they do not know, then it is important that you find somebody who can give you support. In our case, many of our Tri-Ess sisters have had to deal with the same problems that we do, they know how you feel and can give you some caring help to help you through your troubles. They have been through the fire and came out of it, they can help you do the same.
Therapy is also very highly recommended to anybody who is dealing with depression. A specialist in gender issues is preferred, but if none of these are available in your area then another therapist will do. It is best to interview any therapist and find out what their opinions on gender issues are and only select a therapist that you feel comfortable talking about your issues with.
We as Tri-Ess members should be on the lookout for anybody (including ourselves) that show any of the following signs:
1. Mood that is altered from the norm.
2. Withdrawal from the group, friends, or family.
3. Feelings of worthlessness.
4. Feelings of no hope.
5. Feelings of being trapped.
6. Talking about suicide or death.
7. Abuses drugs or alcohol.
8. Changes in eating habits.
9. Changes in sleeping habits.
10. Feelings of excessive guilt or shame.
11. Feelings of depression that last longer than a few days.
12. Personality changes.
13. Loss of interest in most things.
These are all signs of suicide and if you or somebody that you know exhibits these signs then suicide may be a very real danger. Anybody who exhibits these signs (including yourself) needs to contact a therapist immediately and seek help.
Depression can be cured, and if treated the desire to end one's life disappears. Many of those that had attempted suicide and survived it and were able to work out their problems and get their depression under control went on to live happy lives and were very grateful that they did not succeed in their suicide attempt.
WHAT IS CAUSING DEPRESSION AND THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE IS TEMPORARY.
Life should not be thrown away for something that will pass. A therapist can help to work through these issues and help to overcome these feelings and allow one to go on and live a happy life.
Suicide is an emergency situation. If you or somebody you know is in imminent danger of suicide then call 911 and get help. Here are also some toll free suicide hotlines that can help:
1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
Due to the unique challenges we as TG people face, suicide is a very present and real danger. If you are the one considering this option, reach out and get help, there is help for you. If you know somebody who is heading down this road then reach out to them, help them to get help. Suicide should NEVER be an option!
Recently I received news that a sister in my chapter has taken her own life. Although I do not know if her dressing was a contributor or not, her passing really hits home about the danger we in the gender community face. Most statistics show that better than 50% of TG people attempt suicide, often more than once. I will be perfectly honest here, I myself have attempted it three times. Roughly 30% of TG people succeed in taking their lives. The Transgender community has one of the highest, if not the highest, rate of suicide of any group.
Being transgendered is not the direct cause of these suicides, but rather depression that is often triggered by being TG. According to suicide.org, untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide. We as transgender individuals often face a very hard life that easily contributes to depression and ultimately suicide if the issues most of us face remain unresolved. Being TG is often a lonely affair, society shuns us, and loved ones often do not accept us. Many of us have at times in our lives have tried to deny who we are in order to fit into society, only to learn that we cannot deny ourselves without causing ourselves considerable harm, often leading to depression.
Often we have to fight our battle with depression alone, especially if your spouse or family are unaware of your crossdressing. Depression is very very difficult to deal with on your own, help is needed. If you cannot confide in your spouse or family because they do not know, then it is important that you find somebody who can give you support. In our case, many of our Tri-Ess sisters have had to deal with the same problems that we do, they know how you feel and can give you some caring help to help you through your troubles. They have been through the fire and came out of it, they can help you do the same.
Therapy is also very highly recommended to anybody who is dealing with depression. A specialist in gender issues is preferred, but if none of these are available in your area then another therapist will do. It is best to interview any therapist and find out what their opinions on gender issues are and only select a therapist that you feel comfortable talking about your issues with.
We as Tri-Ess members should be on the lookout for anybody (including ourselves) that show any of the following signs:
1. Mood that is altered from the norm.
2. Withdrawal from the group, friends, or family.
3. Feelings of worthlessness.
4. Feelings of no hope.
5. Feelings of being trapped.
6. Talking about suicide or death.
7. Abuses drugs or alcohol.
8. Changes in eating habits.
9. Changes in sleeping habits.
10. Feelings of excessive guilt or shame.
11. Feelings of depression that last longer than a few days.
12. Personality changes.
13. Loss of interest in most things.
These are all signs of suicide and if you or somebody that you know exhibits these signs then suicide may be a very real danger. Anybody who exhibits these signs (including yourself) needs to contact a therapist immediately and seek help.
Depression can be cured, and if treated the desire to end one's life disappears. Many of those that had attempted suicide and survived it and were able to work out their problems and get their depression under control went on to live happy lives and were very grateful that they did not succeed in their suicide attempt.
WHAT IS CAUSING DEPRESSION AND THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE IS TEMPORARY.
Life should not be thrown away for something that will pass. A therapist can help to work through these issues and help to overcome these feelings and allow one to go on and live a happy life.
Suicide is an emergency situation. If you or somebody you know is in imminent danger of suicide then call 911 and get help. Here are also some toll free suicide hotlines that can help:
1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
Due to the unique challenges we as TG people face, suicide is a very present and real danger. If you are the one considering this option, reach out and get help, there is help for you. If you know somebody who is heading down this road then reach out to them, help them to get help. Suicide should NEVER be an option!
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Petition to Remove Transvestic Disorder from the DSM-5
The APA DSM-5 Task Force has posted draft diagnostic criteria for public review and comment through April 20, 2010. Please follow the links at left for responses by this group to the proposed diagnostic categories of Gender Incongruence and Transvestic Disorder for gender variant children, adolescents and adults. You can submit your own comments to these pages as well. Also, please remember to sign the IFGE Petition to Remove the Transvestic Disorder diagnosis from the DSM-5 (below right).
The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) has posted an online petition at dsm.ifge.org/petition calling for removal of the Transvestic Disorder diagnosis (302.3) from the DSM-5. Please help put an end to this defamatory and hurtful psychiatric label by adding your name and spreading the word to your organizations, friends and contacts.
We are an interdisciplinary and international group of mental health and medical professionals, clinicians, researchers and scholars concerned about psychiatric nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for gender-variant, gender-nonconforming, transgender, and transsexual people in the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). We call ourselves Professionals Concerned With Gender Diagnoses in the DSM. We collectively represent many years of academic study and research working with topics related to gender variance, as well as many years of clinical experience in working with people who identify and/or have experience and/or history as transgender, transsexual, and/or gender nonconforming. Many of us are trans ourselves and all of us are committed to ending the discrimination faced by trans people worldwide.
Our group was formed for the explicit purpose of offering constructive recommendations to the DSM-5 Task Force and its relevant work groups. What we offer to you here is derived from many hours of discussion and review of the existing literature to reach consensus and to offer scientifically sound recommendations.
Our underlying premise is that gender is not an immutable binary system. Instead, we understand gender to be a spectrum rather than a dichotomy and that all human beings, not just the gender nonconforming or transgender child or adult, carry within them the socially constructed attributes of both the "feminine" and the "masculine" along with characteristics that defy any such binary categorization. Gender fluidity can exist within a person at a point in time or over the course of development throughout life. We equate gender nonconformity with health, not pathology, and see the role of the mental health professional as the facilitator of an individual's unique gender authenticity, which at root can be determined only by that individual alone. We also acknowledge that there is nothing wrong with a gender identity that is firmly male or female, regardless of a person's assigned sex at birth, and regardless of whether a given individual needs to access medical treatment to actualize her or his gender identity. We call on the field of mental health to predicate their clinical practices on a theory of gender development and functioning that respects variation in human development more than the desire to create a falsely symmetrical metaphysics of gender that deems as pathological any deviations from a socially imposed gender-binary system.
We recognize that the inclusion of Gender diagnoses in the DSM is extremely controversial, and all of us have been engaged personally and professionally in the reform process of these diagnoses. The American Psychiatric Association is unlikely to remove these (or alternative gender-related) diagnoses from the DSM-5. Therefore, we have worked hard do assist in the development of the least noxious criteria that will support trans people throughout the international community in receiving medical and clinical services, should they be needed.
What Medical and Mental Health Professionals Can Do
The APA DSM-5 Task Force has posted draft diagnostic criteria for public review and comment through April 20, 2010. Please follow the links at left for responses by this group to the proposed diagnostic categories of Gender Incongruence and Transvestic Disorder for gender variant children, adolescents and adults.
We encourage medical and mental health professionals to review the draft DSM language and our responses and deliver your own comments to the DSM-5 Task Force by going to the dsm5.org web site, login (create a user ID) and make comments before the April 20th deadline.
Contact Us
If you have questions, feedback or need more information, please contact us at GIDreform@gmail.com.
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