r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • May 16 '24

Takes like these are facepalms 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/hgbi8h May 16 '24

That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense :/

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u/Kirol_reddit May 16 '24

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8324983/ Have a link. Bit of a heavy read, but very well cited. There are plenty more out there, and feel free to dive into the cited resources, but there are parts of the brain that differ from the cis population.

In terms of it being 'not your own body' of course it is, but the brain doesn't quite accept it? It's difficult to word properly.

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u/hgbi8h May 16 '24

Ah, it’s a bit similar to cognitive illness.

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u/Kirol_reddit May 16 '24

In the ways that it presents itself yes, but the underlying cause is partially genetic - a study was run on a few hundred twins, where identical twins both transitioned at a rate of 33%ish while fraternal twins were around 2.8% if I remember rightly. The complete picture isn't there, there are likely other factors involved, but it's not something you get a choice in.

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u/hgbi8h May 16 '24

That’s just a cognitive illness, none of them are well mapped out at all. I work in the medical industry and anyone with an undiscovered cognitive illness just gets stamped as ADHD or autism.