Just going to interject my 2 cents. As a longtime married, being Gay
is not the same as being "mental"! I don't see being Gay as a
"condition" for one and for another, I don't see it as "treatable".
It is what it is! I have a tough time as it is being straight! I've
been through therapy but not for my sexuality. I have problems
dealing with MY reality, much less someone's elses drives, sexual or
not.
Since I don't understand for lack of a better word, what it is to be
attracted to the same sex, I don't judge someone as being "sick" or
mental, if they are or gravitate to a person of the same sex. Trying
to diagnose someone, is like someone pretending to be a lawyer without
a license! Since I am not Gay, I don't try to figure it out no more
than the pigmentation of my skin, makes me Black. Just me thinking
out loud!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle Obre"
<gabrielleo...@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle Obre" <gabrielleobre@>
> > wrote:
> > > She was claiming that cases of "homosexuality" have been "cured"
> > through therapy.
> >
> > How many?
>
> I dont' know...thats the thing, I need to find it again. I am sure
> that was her claim and that it involved the DSM categorization. I
> can't believe I didn't make a note of it. I will spend some time over
> the wknd to google like a maniac. But I would love if someone else
> caught it.
>
> >
> > then so should being straight, gay, boring or married or single be a
> > diease.
>
> yeah, thats what is so funny. but ideology can make us believe
> anything. I dont' actually doubt that there are people who go into
> therapy identifying as same sex loving and change. Gender and
> sexuality are much more fluid than we like to think. Lots of women
> waffle in the bi scene I imagine.
>
>
>
> > Many therapists need therapy themselves.
>
> Amen! They are some of the sickest mental cases out there. and they
> have savior complexes to boot. But there are also some great ones.
>
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