Gender Dysphoria and Mental Illness

"We conducted a systematic literature review of all peer-reviewed articles published in English between 1991 and June 2017 that assess the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being. We identified 55 studies that consist of primary research on this topic, of which 51 (93%) found that gender transition improves the overall well-being of transgender people, while 4 (7%) report mixed or null findings. We found no studies concluding that gender transition causes overall harm. As an added resource, we separately include 17 additional studies that consist of literature reviews and practitioner guidelines." [1]

"Gender dysphoria is the feeling of discomfort or distress that might occur in people whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth or sex-related physical characteristics. Transgender and gender-nonconforming people might experience gender dysphoria at some point in their lives. But not everyone is affected. Some transgender and gender-nonconforming people feel at ease with their bodies, either with or without medical intervention." [2]

"In 1973 homosexuality per se was removed from the DSM-II classification of mental disorders and replaced by the category Sexual Orientation Disturbance. This represented a compromise between the view that preferential homosexuality is invariably a mental disorder and the view that it is merely a normal sexual variant. While the 1973 DSM-II controversy was highly public, more recently a related but less public controversy involved what became the DSM-III category of Ego-dystonic Homosexuality. The author presents the DSM-III controversy and a reformulation of the issues involved in the diagnostic status of homosexuality. He argues that what is at issue is a value judgment about heterosexuality, rather than a factual dispute about homosexuality." [3] 

Why not just be a masculine female or feminine male or whatever your true self is? Why transition?

So, I'm not trying to say that 90% of people here are transphobic (because I haven't done any quantities and controllable studies into what people think of trans people),

but I can say that a good deal of people exhibits implicit transphobia here.

Second of all, and to the actual point, implicitly being bigoted in any regard, is the outcome of a behavior imprinted onto you by society - for example - assuming a black person simply walking alone at night is "suspicious-looking" or supposing that women inherently "love to cook and clean", those sorts of things.

Here we see another example of that, presuming that, the reason gender dysphoria is a mental illness, is because a person falsely believes that their gender isn't what they were borne with.

To equate this perception to another mental illness for clarity, people who are depressed have a false sense that they are worthless - and to the people I am referring to (implicitly transphobic people) that is the same sort of false sense that people who have gender dysphoria have, except, no - not quite. Gender dysphoria is not seen as a mental illness of "delusion", but of extreme discomfort. It is the fact that their body does not match up with their gender that causes dysphoria, not the other way around.

You see - gender dysphoria is not inherent to transgender people - the fact that they have a different gender identity is not the necessary cause of this mental illness, it is the discomfort that some feel as a result that their body doesn't match with their gender. For further evidence that the fact that you can't take a DSM to be automatically correct in some of the specifics of its diagnoses (as research is always growing) - let's all recall the DSM's view on homosexuality in edition three, shall we?

Could you cite the paper instead of merely suggesting it?

I'm not going to research your proof for you

I want you to present it. If I was less busy perhaps I would look into it myself, but I am, and I don't have the time to read an entire book - just give me the evidence and proof that your interpreting it right.

uhuh, and the fact that an author agrees with your conclusion is supposed to do what?

There are books against anarchy too Athais. 

"..So my ongoing question,[1a] is how does the predetermined entity come to dysphoric conclusions?....As I see it, mind set,[1b] is affected by post-natal data input  and management....So are you suggesting that irregular hormone signalling, can affect cognitive development?....[1c]If so, then why do we not  balance hormone production in favour of physical identity. Rather than utilising hormone therapy just to alleviate dysphoria...... After all, both are interventive hormone therapies."

"Gender identity forms before sex".....In terms of development, I  would suggest that gender is a primary chromosomic identity which dictates physical development. 

"And out of interest...... Do you think that environmental factors could affect hormone production/balance?.....Certainly a factor that might influence the modern proliferation of transsexualism and it's associated dysphoria."

This last part is the only one you could say I haven't answered, but you know - I don't figure you actually care. 

"And out of interest...... Do you think that environmental factors could affect hormone production/balance?.....Certainly a factor that might influence the modern proliferation of transsexualism and it's associated dysphoria."

There is no modern "proliferation" it happens that now trans people receive fewer death threats and orders to burn on a stake than they used to - same as gay people - it just happens that society is now much more open and accepting than it used to be. Your entire question is based on a praxis that isn't correct, nor is it well reasoned, certainly, there are environmental factors that affect dysphoria, but hormone levels, that is to a much lesser extent. Gender Dysphoria is not necessarily associated with "transsexualism" and the sooner you realize that the better.