>>11944528Psychology is closer to engineering than science. It's a method of control (I don't mean this negatively) and a way of keeping society sanitary (notice the same root as sane). I don't know how to say this stuff without coming off as a conspiracy nut, but it's not some secret.
Psychology is not medicine. What constitutes illness or not isn't always clear. It's very cultural. For example, 20 years ago, if someone were taking pictures of themselves dozens of times every day and sending those pictures out to everyone they knew, thinking anyone gave a shit, they would be called narcissists. Today that's perfectly normal. Someone who is schizotypal in the west might be considered normal in more reserved cultures (not sure if that's true, just guessing). What constitutes sane vs insane is a matter of culture.
To you or me, gender dysphoria may be gross and weird, and we may not think it should be considered normal, but clearly the cultural liberalism of the modern west knows no bounds, and has consumed another odd group into its ever-changing definition of normalcy. Maybe in 20 years we'll think of them as normal the way we think of social media as normal. Which mental illnesses need fixing will always be a question of what fits in and what doesn't.
Medical problems, like cancer, have always been and will always be seen as problems that need fixing. Twenty years ago, a narcissist would need 'fixing'. Today they are normal. Same goes for transgender people, apparently.
