Watching
Sherlock S3, Bones S10, Criminal Minds S10, Doctor Who S8, SPN S9,
How To Get Away With Murder S1, OTNB S2, OUAT S4, NCIS S12,
Agents of Shield S2
Rizzoli & Isles S6
GOT S5
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Hey, I'm Kannon. I'm 23. I love Sherlock, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and a whole lot more. I prefer gender neutral pronouns, like they/their/them. Don't get mad at me for spelling things wrong, I am dyslexic and do have a few problems typing things out.
Gender dysphoria continues to be an important issue in the trans and gender fluid community today. If you’d like to know more information about gender dysphoria, you can read all about it in THIS article. Want a quick rundown? Gender dysphoria is a condition in which a person feels a conflict with their assigned gender and the one they truly identify with.
Gender dysphoria is an extremely troubling condition that can eat away at a person’s mental health if left untreated. Unfortunately, there are many people who don’t view dysphoria as a legitimate problem. In fact, many people believe that being transgender is a complete matter of choice. Well, now there’s new scientific information on dysphoria that proves otherwise. Surprise: being trans might be a little more “nature” than it is “nurture”.
The Findings
A recent study led by Belgian researcher Julie Bakker of the University of Liege, has taken a look into the brain activity of trans teens that have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The major breakthrough? Bakker’s study is among the first to give evidence that transgender people’s brains resemble their gender identities – their embraced gender – and not their biological sex.
Bakker and her staff took a sample of 160 participants and scanned their brain activity using an MRI (magnetic resonance imagining) test. The test group included biological males and females who suffer from gender dysphoria. Cis-gendered men and women – males and females without gender dysphoria – were also tested as a control group.
The brain scans had shown that male participants with dysphoria had brain structure and neurological patterns similar to biological females. The same results were found in females with dysphoria; their neural pathways mirrored those of biological males. These neural pathways are so distinct, they’re even detectable in…
My freshman year of college looked nothing like I expected it would. Despite binge-watching every college-themed movie I could find on Netflix the week before I moved into my dorm, nothing prepared me for the culture shock I felt being on my own for the first time.
While what they say is true — college really can be one of the best times of your life — for me and a lot of people, it was also one of the loneliest. Between navigating your newfound independence and managing a full course load of classes, the stress of college adds up. And sometimes that stress leads right into struggles with depression. But you don’t have to go through that alone. Here are just a few things I wish I had known about depression before heading to college.
1. Don’t trust everything you see on social media.
Social media can be a dangerous place when you’re depressed. Scrolling through picture after picture of smiling faces can make it seem like everyone has their shit together, but that’s definitely not the case. You can’t take social media at face value, and if I’m being completely honest, my Instagram during the months where I felt the most depressed in college is riddled with pictures of me smiling…
