Thread by @sometherapist

Let's talk about suicide. 🧵 1
Last night I was, once again, piled on by an angry, threatening mob of TRAs for expressing GC views online. Their refrains are familiar. According to them, people like me are "literally" responsible for people allegedly dying of suicide in droves.

2/ Their delusion that GCs pose an actual threat to anyone is dangerously used to justify all kinds of threats against us. This ought to be worrying to any sane person. The alarmism about suicide is also grossly, negligently misguided & needs to be cleared up.

3/ So allow me to introduce myself. Unlike 99% of my critics, suicide prevention has been an actual part of my job description for the past 10 years. I know a thing or two about it. My job is to help ALL people avoid such a fate. I don't want ANYONE to die of mental illness.

4/ It's not in my nature nor is it ethical to boast about talking people off the ledge. Suicide is far too solemn a topic for any individual's ego to get wrapped up in. But just so we're clear on context, I've helped numerous people emerge from deep, suicidal depression.

5/ As a mental health professional, helping people to not die of suicide is every bit as much my job as helping people not die of heart attacks is the job of a cardiologist. I take it very seriously. I have abundant experience, training & additional research into the subject.

6/This is why I felt it was my duty to understand the narratives & statistics regarding suicide risk in a rapidly growing population, & the outcomes of treatment methods.
I emerged as gender critical only after, & because of, having investigated it with appropriate seriousness.

7/ If TRAs cared about suicide half as much as they claim to, they wouldn't be so glib in what they allege & what they dismiss. Maybe they'd take a moment to consider HOW a formerly affirming therapist in one of the US' most liberal cities came to arrive at the conclusions I did.

8/ I care about the suicide risk of today's youth more than TRAs do.
In my 10 years as a therapist I've never seen such a - pardon my language - clusterf*ck of suicide risk factors as I do in the population of victims of gender medicine (VOGM). It worries me tremendously.

9/ When so many of today's VOGM are yesterday's TRAs & these numbers grow exponentially, how could I see it any differently? Even the people who think I'm their worst enemy might need my help a year from now when they suffer transition regret.

10/ In the near future, a news report from a major publication will be airing, in which I explain suicide risk & protective factors in greater depth, & why I'm so concerned that the very people claiming "gender affirming care saves lives" will be the most at risk post transing.

Here’s another thread on suicide.

Adding to this thread another valuable thread on suicide.