After reading the above I don't believe they concluded stress of living in a non-accepting world is the primary reason.
30% think about killing themselves and 4%+ try each year is shocking. I think whatever side of the debate you are on we can agree things aren't working out for too many people who go through this process. If this was a drug or vaccine or hair shampoo it would have been pulled off the market.
Through what process? This was a study about trans and nonbinary people, not specifically about people who have “transitioned”
I would imagine the rate of depression and similar disorders in trans people is extremely high. To be so unsatisfied with one’s own body that you consider (or go through) major treatment and surgery to change something so fundamental.
Only because they promote it. The default experience for a new user on Youtube is to show you content from creators with 5M+ subscribers. It’s a positive feedback loop.
I find all of it lame and cringe, so I downvote all of that. However stuff still sneaks by…
If everyone turned to medical professionals the system would fall apart. Many try but fail to find a space in the current system. Internet forums / llms offer another path that many have used to move forward.
Its like telling people don't talk to friends and family only go to a professional. This is how we end up in a worse mental crisis.
There is a huge difference between friends and family, whom you have known for a long time and hopefully have a vested interest in your success than an anonymous internet stranger.
Go beg with your dog until you make enough for a case of water and supplies (marker / board). You sell your water for a dollar until you have made enough for a cooler, ice and more water. You keep selling water daily and move locations until you are making $100 a day. You take the money get an apartment and keep saving.
You take your savings and go to every rust conference / local meetup you can afford to travel to. You write blogs, make connections in the rust community.
If you are lucky someone might use it and write a nice tweet which will get more people to notice. One day someone at a large company will use it and pay you for support.
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Bring the dog with you job hunting do the 35 hours and get support.
I'm not going to beg on the streets tbh. I'm not willing to stoop down to begging on the streets.
I'm not looking to sell water.
I have to be honest, i don't think you understand how real life works.
Your suggestion is to to sell water to make a few pennies and that will get me £2000 for a place to live and allow me to travel the world attending rust conventions.
I'm looking for help, not silly ideas that you saw in a movie once.
Besides anything it's literally illegal to sell food based products (drinks included) here in the UK without a proper license and it could literally land me in court for tax avoidance and all sorts.
Maybe in the US things are different but here in the UK we can't just sit at the side tof he road selling water - it's 5°C out, people don't by water from beggars in the UK.
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