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Originally posted by moijejoue
It's true. You can't say people are literally born in the wrong body then claim it's a mental illness if they are are uncomfortable in that own skin. Being uncomfortable in the body you claim is not yours would be a natural reaction.
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They feel, inside of their heads, that they are a different gender from the biological sex they were assigned at birth. It is just as much of a mental thing as it is a physical thing. It's not natural to feel uncomfortable inside your own body, that's why doctors fix it through surgery. Once they're physically in the body that they feel they belong in, it's a big step towards curing the gender dysphoria – but obviously that doesn't completely solve every issue. And like most surgeries that are done for medical reasons, insurance should help cover for at least
some of it. This is a step in the right direction.