Dr. Mike Trangle

I'm sorry, Matthew. You raised your hand and I didn't even look up.

I'm sorry, Matthew. You raised your hand and I didn't even look up.

Well, think about the pejorative terms that got used when we were growing up. Someone was a retard. Yeah. Mental retardation is one of the things we deal with, whether it's because someone has a uh, Down's syndrome, you know, or other kinds of things, someone's psycho, you know, which usually means psychotic disorder, you know, or crazy or you're yellow. I mean, that could be your coward.

Well, think about the pejorative terms that got used when we were growing up. Someone was a retard. Yeah. Mental retardation is one of the things we deal with, whether it's because someone has a uh, Down's syndrome, you know, or other kinds of things, someone's psycho, you know, which usually means psychotic disorder, you know, or crazy or you're yellow. I mean, that could be your coward.

It could be an anxiety disorder, you know, but the way it's, especially amongst teenagers who are sort of like rudels in teaching each other and stuff, um, And if you think about it, something that used to be considered a mental illness decades ago was being gay, let alone getting into all the trans, lesbian, binary kinds of things.

It could be an anxiety disorder, you know, but the way it's, especially amongst teenagers who are sort of like rudels in teaching each other and stuff, um, And if you think about it, something that used to be considered a mental illness decades ago was being gay, let alone getting into all the trans, lesbian, binary kinds of things.

But that was also sort of, if you want to insult a teenage boy, you would call him gay or something, you know, because there was so much shame associated with it. That, as more evidence came out probably 20 years ago or so, it got removed from being a disorder, a mental health disorder, you know. But initially it was plugged into that category without good evidence.

But that was also sort of, if you want to insult a teenage boy, you would call him gay or something, you know, because there was so much shame associated with it. That, as more evidence came out probably 20 years ago or so, it got removed from being a disorder, a mental health disorder, you know. But initially it was plugged into that category without good evidence.

And it's kind of interesting that there seems to be a renaissance of hate and prejudice against trans people these days, right now, that's sweeping the country. And not just in the US, other countries too. But it's kind of interesting how politics certainly doesn't follow evidence.

And it's kind of interesting that there seems to be a renaissance of hate and prejudice against trans people these days, right now, that's sweeping the country. And not just in the US, other countries too. But it's kind of interesting how politics certainly doesn't follow evidence.

And how and why somebody brainstorms, let's pick on these people so we can divert attention from something else now, or at least get more support now. That's a mystery. I'm not a politician, but it's still a mystery to me. And I don't understand that.

And how and why somebody brainstorms, let's pick on these people so we can divert attention from something else now, or at least get more support now. That's a mystery. I'm not a politician, but it's still a mystery to me. And I don't understand that.

Well, just take the internet. Yeah. And not getting into fringe segments of it. Yeah. There's abundant data that for a minority of teenagers,

Well, just take the internet. Yeah. And not getting into fringe segments of it. Yeah. There's abundant data that for a minority of teenagers,

people that are going through the developmental stage where they're trying to figure out who they are, separating, individuating from their parents, and who am I, what's my identity, when I'm not just reacting to my parents, either modeling from them or trying to separate and fight with them to become my own person. But during that turmoil, the minority of them can find

people that are going through the developmental stage where they're trying to figure out who they are, separating, individuating from their parents, and who am I, what's my identity, when I'm not just reacting to my parents, either modeling from them or trying to separate and fight with them to become my own person. But during that turmoil, the minority of them can find

fellow people struggling with whatever they're feeling, whatever they're struggling with, and get some support. So in a modest, small way, it's kind of useful in that way. In a bigger impact, and for many more people, the perfectionism and the unreal expectations and the trolling and a vehicle to sort of get out your hatreds and your own feeling bad and taking it out on other people.

fellow people struggling with whatever they're feeling, whatever they're struggling with, and get some support. So in a modest, small way, it's kind of useful in that way. In a bigger impact, and for many more people, the perfectionism and the unreal expectations and the trolling and a vehicle to sort of get out your hatreds and your own feeling bad and taking it out on other people.

You know, it's diminished self-esteem, whether it's self-image, whether it's just self-esteem, whether it's whether you can be okay with yourself and happy and reasonably content with life, or you feel like you're a failure. Yeah. So like many things, I think it's had a mixed reaction.

You know, it's diminished self-esteem, whether it's self-image, whether it's just self-esteem, whether it's whether you can be okay with yourself and happy and reasonably content with life, or you feel like you're a failure. Yeah. So like many things, I think it's had a mixed reaction.