When gender identity becomes part of teenagers' identity crisis

By Shalva AMOS

Fluid gender, transgender, gender reassignment, all words that become part of daily conversations among teenagers as if it was the new normal equation to resolve for every teenager going through an identity crisis.

A tiny proportion of gender reassignment and hormone therapy cases that are encouraged in children as young as 13 are actually valid cases.

If you consider the cases that could be resolved with a good psychological support, the cases induced by endocrine disruptors and heavy metals, the cases caused by media brainwashing and social media influence, you would be left with very few valid cases.

One could ask honestly why an increasing number of TV series would shower kids as well as parents with nice stories of 13 years olds going through hormone therapy for gender reassignment before knowing who they are... Very interesting also to find out how many "teen transgenders Youtube influencers" are generating so much money, influencing confused kids to go through surgery or hormone therapy. For those kids who have found a "supportive family" on social media while going through their identity crisis, it becomes a code of honour to not let each other down and they are often determined to drag their parents through it till the end.

But when is "the end"? Is "the end" after the surgery when they have to learn about being a teenager as well as someone who just changed their gender identity? Is "the end" when they find out that gender reassignment doesn't resolve any identity crisis? Or is "the end" when they give up finding who they really are because it would be too challenging to go back now?

While those questions are interesting, I want to bring your attention to something even more important. This phenomenon is actually part of a bigger picture that is a loss of sense of identity in general in our society. I won't surprise anyone by bringing up the role heavy metals and endocrine disruptors are playing here and this since the embryonic state. Endocrine disruptors and heavy metals cross the placenta barrier and can be found in the umbilical cord. For homeopaths who are used to recognising mental symptoms in heavy metal intoxication cases, people intoxicated with aluminium are recognisable by a sense of confusion of identity such that they don't know if their will is theirs or someone else's. We find similar identity confusion symptoms with people intoxicated with mercury, and in less measure with cadmium, lead, arsenic. Besides, we are already aware of the impact of xenoestrogens which act like synthetic hormones, as found in areas such as the food and cosmetics industries.

So I would like to say: There are so many roads to explore when a child is confused, so many options and possibilities. The very fact that those kids are loaded with heavy metals and xenoestrogens is the first road to explore. Homeopathy can help tremendously here, with heavy metal chelation and other detoxes as well as supporting your child while they're finding out who they are and accompany them during the whole process of building their own identity. Furthermore, while a hormonal treatment can be provided in appropriate cases, it remains very important to avoid as much exposure as possible to endocrine disruptors at least until reaching hormonal stability.

(Refer to further articles for a non exhaustive list of endocrine disruptors: https://www.shalvaamos.com/post/early-puberty-the-questions-we-don-t-ask )