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Stogie makes a good point that craziness is relative. What's nutty to me might not be nutty to someone else. And what is nutty in one culture might not be considered nutty in another.
The type of craziness I'm referring to is NOT things like manic depression, schizophrenia or psychotic disorders in which the primary problem is mania, hearing voices, having nonsensical delusions or extreme paranoia.
The nuttiness I'm referring to is along the lines of personality disorders, especially borderline personality disorder. Dysfunctional personality traits like excessive jealousy and excessive reactions to stressors also seem to me to be more common among the transgendered. Again, I'm not saying all TS women suffer these. Further, these are my own impressions, not any sort of dogma.
There are high-functioning transsexuals who are not "prozzies". Even they seem, IMHO, on average, a bit more neurotic than the average Jane. Then again, if they face constant questions about acceptance, passing, discrimination, etc., these environmental factors may be enough to make an otherwise well-adjusted person nutty... But even past any neurotic self-doubt, the dysfunctional personality flaws seem to make themselves apparent all too often.
Peterpan seems writes that biology has "preprogrammed" us yet environment dictates whether a person acts nutty. He asserts that if you, "Take 99% of them OUT of this environment; and they would adjust and behave they way their new environment do, IF they stick to this new surroundings...." I tend to believe that people are not jellyfish simply responding to their environment in preprogrammed ways... they can ostensibly choose to use (or not use) their brains in determining how to respond to a particular environment. Unfortunately, a person who is nutty and who lacks cognitive insight (dumb) might not fare any better in a good environment, whereas a schemer who is smart and nutty might take advantage of the kindness of others within a new, better environment.
Now the point of humility... nothing academic here, just my own impressions that a majority are nutty than average, and this view is, of course, limited by my "sample", the transsexuals I've met or known, most of whom are not "prozzies"...
I do not have a sample of 3000 LB to draw on either.
The type of craziness I'm referring to is NOT things like manic depression, schizophrenia or psychotic disorders in which the primary problem is mania, hearing voices, having nonsensical delusions or extreme paranoia.
The nuttiness I'm referring to is along the lines of personality disorders, especially borderline personality disorder. Dysfunctional personality traits like excessive jealousy and excessive reactions to stressors also seem to me to be more common among the transgendered. Again, I'm not saying all TS women suffer these. Further, these are my own impressions, not any sort of dogma.
There are high-functioning transsexuals who are not "prozzies". Even they seem, IMHO, on average, a bit more neurotic than the average Jane. Then again, if they face constant questions about acceptance, passing, discrimination, etc., these environmental factors may be enough to make an otherwise well-adjusted person nutty... But even past any neurotic self-doubt, the dysfunctional personality flaws seem to make themselves apparent all too often.
Peterpan seems writes that biology has "preprogrammed" us yet environment dictates whether a person acts nutty. He asserts that if you, "Take 99% of them OUT of this environment; and they would adjust and behave they way their new environment do, IF they stick to this new surroundings...." I tend to believe that people are not jellyfish simply responding to their environment in preprogrammed ways... they can ostensibly choose to use (or not use) their brains in determining how to respond to a particular environment. Unfortunately, a person who is nutty and who lacks cognitive insight (dumb) might not fare any better in a good environment, whereas a schemer who is smart and nutty might take advantage of the kindness of others within a new, better environment.
Now the point of humility... nothing academic here, just my own impressions that a majority are nutty than average, and this view is, of course, limited by my "sample", the transsexuals I've met or known, most of whom are not "prozzies"...
I do not have a sample of 3000 LB to draw on either.
I have a 12 year old daughter I consider feminine. I hope she doesn't feel the need to capture it any time soon.
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