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"sysmed" is a transphobic term, want to know why? i& #39;ll explain as a trans system.
trans meds aren& #39;t spreading scientific evidence, and they& #39;re trying to pathologize/medicalize an experience that isn& #39;t inherently a disorder BASED ON RESEARCH about experiences from trans people.
being trans is not a mental illness, and this has been proven by scientific studies on trans people. there is no reason to act like we& #39;re disordered for being trans other than self hating transmeds wanting to be "cured" or as close to cis people as possible when it& #39;s impossible.
transmeds spread pseudoscientific "evidence" like brain sex, misinterpret the gender dysphoria criteria, and even spread TE/RF rhetoric and bioessentialism, those last two of which are rooted in white supremacy.
the reason their rhetoric is so harmful to trans and nonbinary people is that it& #39;s trying to medicalize something that wasn& #39;t medical in the first place, trying to act like being trans is a mental illness when it& #39;s not, gatekeeping who& #39;s trans and who isn& #39;t and generally
attacking people who don& #39;t fit their narrow view of who& #39;s "really" trans. on a surface level of "sysmedicalism" i can see where you& #39;re coming from, but if you analyze what sysmeds are saying and where they& #39;re coming from i disagree with its usage and agree it& #39;s transphobic.
it& #39;s usage in comparison to transmed doesn& #39;t make any sense. by calling me a sysmed you& #39;re telling me i want to medicalize a disorder that& #39;s already medicalized. it doesn& #39;t make sense. the usage is also so watered down that it doesn& #39;t even mean anything anymore. all it really-
says at this point is that someone said something you disagree with about systems. it can mean anything from someone is anti-endo to someone said the headspace is a form of maladaptive daydreaming (something proved by actual science). it doesn& #39;t make sense to use it already.
but when you boil down and look at sysmed arguments, what we& #39;re saying is rooted in scientific fact backed up by plenty of evidence, and anti-sysmeds are the ones using unreliable sources, pseudoscience and cultural appropriation of closed religions (look at t*lpas for example).
not to mention that huge amounts of anti-sysmed arguments come from severely misunderstanding the DID/OSDD diagnostic criteria, ISSTD guidelines, cherry-picking, fearmongering, anti-psychology and /actual/ ableism towards DID/OSDD systems and even internalized ableism.
anti-sysmeds also like to say that sysmeds gatekeep trauma, but we aren& #39;t. you are. anti-sysmeds are the ones acting like your and other people& #39;s trauma isn& #39;t enough to cause DID/OSDD when it clearly is. you think we& #39;re talking /only/ about abuse and we aren& #39;t. we never were.
we only say that you need repetitive trauma between general ages of 6-9 (sometimes higher or lower, but this is in general). just because the DSM says the majority of cases come from abuse doesn& #39;t mean that the other 10% is endogenic, it just comes from other kinds of trauma.
you also misunderstand the dysfunction criteria of DID/OSDD which doesn& #39;t refer to any significant or really measurable distress, and it doesn& #39;t even have to come from your alters specifically. the distress can refer to depression, anxiety, C/PTSD, nightmares, amnesia,
dissociation/DPDR, lack of sense of self, low self esteem, self harm or suicidal thoughts/tendencies, etc. it& #39;s a redundant criteria and isn& #39;t generally measurable. it just means a disorder is a disorder. it doesn& #39;t mean you have to struggle every second of every day bc of
your alters. it just means it& #39;s a disorder. you would know more about DID/OSDD, changes to the criteria, exceptions, history of the disorder, etc if you read more than just the diagnostic criteria, but none of you have. the diagnostic criteria isn& #39;t all there is.
the ISSTD guidelines also don& #39;t say to not treat your alters like people. it says DIRECTLY to treat them as individuals, if any of you would bother to actually read them. but you don& #39;t because you want to keep your stance of anti-psychology roots and refuse to accept it can do
good things sometimes. i& #39;m not a psych boot licker by any means, i criticize psych and the DSM and such, there& #39;s no reason not to, and being a sysmed doesn& #39;t mean you blindly believe everything about psych. a LOT of us criticize the DSM bc it& #39;s not perfect, and it& #39;s disingenuous
to act like we aren& #39;t.

another thing to address is that the DSM isn& #39;t some bible and it never was and never will be to anyone. it& #39;s literally just guidelines of a disorder that addresses different presentations, and allows for a professional to interpret a set of symptoms.
it& #39;s not some strict thing everyone has to follow, never was, and to imply otherwise is, again, disingenuous and only shows you& #39;ve never bothered to pick a DSM up or do your research on it.

when you compare sysmeds to transmeds and anti sysmeds like this, you can see
the differences right? you can see who& #39;s actually spreading racist, inaccurate pseudoscience, right? you can see who& #39;s spreading things that aren& #39;t actually proven by any scientific fact, right?

i& #39;m not anti endogenic, but i am a sysmed in that DID/OSDD is a disorder, period.
i& #39;m only here to correct misinformation on DID/OSDD, the DSM and ISSTD, and it& #39;s especially prevalent in the PG and pro endo communities and apparently if you criticize PG or pro endo spaces for saying "that& #39;s factually incorrect", you& #39;re called a sysmed.
in conclusion, the term "sysmed" is both inaccurate and too on the nose (bc DID is already a disorder), transphobic and so watered down at this point it doesn& #39;t even mean anything anymore. end of rant thread. #syscourse
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