Mental Health

Just Like So Many Others

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A mum from Australia shares her story of how previously supportive medical professionals dismissed her concerns about her daughter’s newfound identity. Transcript Hi, I’m a mum from Australia. Our daughter came out as transgender three years ago. Three years prior to that, she had had very poor mental health, for the ages of 15, 16 […]

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Space to Grow

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A mother in Colorado describes how her son’s difficulties were made worse by clinicians agreeing with his self-diagnosis. This first appeared as a PITT essay. Transcript I’m a mother in Denver, Colorado. My son was a happy go lucky kid in every way until high school, then suddenly he became self-conscious and insecure about himself

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