Is this not the reason we have the term peer pressure? But when A individual is not genetically inclined to take that first sip or hit, they choose it, either to be “cool” or not get beaten up? I don’t believe in predisposition and never heard a good argument for it. It all boils down to choice, doesn’t it or am I out of this world weird with my opinion? If so why am I wrong or right? Much love to each who answer.
I can only speak for myself, but I didn’t start smoking, drinking or doing drugs because it was cool, I did it because it calmed my brain.
But you made the choice to go that route instead. You could have seen a doctor or something. I’m not chastising you just saying you had a or multiple choices to make.
Oh my sweet summer child, if only it were that easy.
Everything we do is either a response or a reaction to internal or external stimuli. Addiction starts out being a response to say peer pressure but eventually becomes a compulsion to the point in some case that the user cannot live without said drug. In the case of trans people, they know who they are and the choice is how far they are willing to transition. Some don’t do it fully others are more brave or resourceful. In reality, you know who you are, society just attaches labels to people based on external factors but in the long run, a person knows. It is not a choice to know. That is just reality. They did brain scans of trans people. There is a male and female brain and brains that are somewhere on that linear spectrum. I am not really qualified to elaborate further.