It is well understood that adolescent girls are susceptible to 'contagion' of sudden, new symptoms. This knowledge is not applied to the explosion in trans-identified teenage girls but the parallels are striking and unavoidable.
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thetimes.co.uk/article/teenag…
Sudden onset tics and a doubling of referral rates. Sound familiar? Image
Inevitably, sharing information on social media sites reinforces and maintains symptoms. Teenage girls are particularly susceptible to developing similar symptoms out of empathy and emotional connection. Image
2.9 billion views of #tourettes posts, reminiscent of viewing figures for FtM YouTube transition videos. Again inevitably, this creates a sense of identity which helps to prolong symptoms. Image
Symptoms get worse the more attention is given them, so in this case too much attention is unhelpful. Identifying as trans gets you loads of attention, more than anything else it seems. Young people are encouraged to join groups where their identity will only be reinforced. Image
Why is this common knowledge about teen girls not applied when the contagion is gender dysphoria? And why, uniquely in this case, do we focus on gender and take the opposite approach to the common sense advice here? Why do we want to reinforce a trans identity in teenage girls?

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