StringJunky

It's nice to see your reference acknowledging the true cause that we've highlighted. It's a whole other discussion whether the medical establishment should support someone surgically to address those social pressures. To do so would be to relent to the whims of those that support such injustice.

Due to the many problems associated with this subject and the resulting paucity of such research evidence, perhaps it might be better to look at some other aspect of human behaviour that runs on the same basic mechanism but not so problematic ethically.

A comatose already has the potential for returning to full sentience; he/she did exist. The essential difference is that,in the UK anyway, a foetus does not have the state of personhood, in the eyes of its laws, until it is 6 months old..

The salient point that iNow, DrmDoc, and I are putting across is that it is society that has the problem, not the individual with the crisis because society wants to pigeonhole them into discrete boxes; the idea of reassignment becomes moot. In one scenario you are aligning the body with the brain If society was 90% homosexual and 10% heterosexual, what's the the odds on a homosexual person saying "I want to be a heterosexual?

If people can be bisexual, why can't they be bigendered?

The OP is talking about reassigning the brain, not the body. If you notice, more carefully, DrmDoc is asserting the right of people to be the way they are without the need for drastic procedures. Society should embrace the idea that gender and sexual identity can be fluid between all states within one person. It is society's expectations, imo, that force transgendered people to try and fit the culturally instilled mould of a 'man' or a 'woman', hence, many seeking surgery.

Apples and oranges. One had sentience and it may well return, the foetus is yet to have it. I did say before sentience emerged. I was setting, imo, the absolute maximum limit, that might be ethically tenable, not whether that should be the actual limit; based on what science knows, so far..

Yes of course, we can only speculate. At the time, I was in strong, but muted, disagreement with their approach to make it as happy as possible, for as long as possible, supporting the views shared here, that earlier is better. The situation was made all the harder for me because I had to act normal with the children around and couldn't express what I really felt and share that final journey because we all had to 'keep up appearances'; stiff upper lip and all that. I agree with you entirely with your approach. In retrospect, I think there is a greater burden for everyone delaying the inevitable 'talk' with young ones.

It is indeed horrible. There is no right or wrong answer since everyone's situation is unique. Some people might wish to leave it as long as possible and give them everything they had left to give in terms of happiness. This is what actually happened but I'm interested to hear other perspectives. My thoughts align with yours. As my very close proximity experience shows,a few years ago now, one may rationalise hypothetically to do things one way but, in reality, one might do the opposite. The weight of telling them must be immense, possibly unbearable, without contemplating ones own imminent demise as well. Yes, a few siblings as support is better than a lone child, I would imagine. I thought I'd ask a tough question and explore the situation.

That's some mean, meaty, funky bass playing.

Imagine: you have 3 or 4 children from beginning school to just starting senior school (5 -12 yrs); indeed, you may already have. I'd like you to consider their relative emotional maturity and life-awareness at those ages to the harsh realities of life; typically.for those ages. Scenario: You are diagnosed with cancer, not terminal at this point, You are put on the relevant therapy, which is very harsh on your body; chemo or radiotherapy probably. At the end of the treatment you go into remission. with all the side effects and anxiety well to the fore in your mind. Four months later, your primary cancer has become metastatic and spread to the major organs. You are told you are in a terminal state, with weeks or months to live. At what stage would you tell them and why? .

Fair enough. You kind of get used to newcomers coming into this subject from a moral standpoint.. Sexual and gender identity is an emerging property of several areas of the brain, and, possibly, the endocrine system. I don't think there is a localised area specifically for single aspects of a behaviour. I'm sure a more knowledgeable member can give you the current state of the art.

Why, on Earth, would we want to change a person whose sexual identity is perfectly normal? It will never happen because your premise that homosexuality is some kind neural misconfiguration, or even indeed immorally/societally destructive, is not supported by the evidence. Homophobia is a religious/cultural phenomenon i.e. not based on any kind of objective rationale.

For me, the absolute limit of time would be just before the foetus becomes sentient i.e. reactive to its environment at its most basic level.

Yes, stress can be unusually high or happy spirits as well as the usual negative ones.I've noticed having particularly bad dreams during states of high emotions or happiness. I think it might be one of the brain's ways of adjusting the neurotransmitter levels, associated with stressful mood states to a calmer one, that is not so taxing on the body. The converse will happen as well.

Wonderous Stories - Yes (1981)

I'm no expert on this but have you considered that's it's not that they are stronger. The bacterial pathogens have had less opportunity, within the general population, to evolve resistance to these last-resort drugs because they've been prescribed much less. The main cause of antibiotic resistance is overuse in inappropriate circumstances and not completing treatment AFAIK e.g. many people take antibiotics for infleunza-type ailments, when they are not effective for viruses; providing latent, pathogenic, bacterial populations conditions for evolved resistance. Less use is better.

If you are cold whilst asleep you are more likely to have it disrupted from repeatedly waking up because of it. This may well cause emotional stress, leading to bad dreams.

A thousand wasted ones and can tell a thousand lies; think Photoshop. Also, depending on the skill of the photographer, the viewer may be be looking at the wrong thing or reading the wrong message to that intended. With words there is, relatively, less ambiguity.

Has anybody used Zyban (Buproprion) or Champix (Verenicline)? They probably have different names in other countries. I'd be interested in your experiences if you have. Edit: Zyban is Wellbutrin in the US. Champix is also called Chantix.

If you have frequent images or video to share with the wider world that may interest some then it's probably worth it, For most people, I suspect, it's just an exercise in empty narcissism. Facebook with pictures; It is owned by them. It likely appeals to most people with a big sense of 'I, me, myself': 'I woz 'ere' selfie mindset.

Even though the sleeping brain has less external awareness, it is still probably receiving internal and external environmental cues which may influence the content of dreams. As an example of an internal cue, I had a dream where I was trying to rise through deep water as fast as I could to reach the the surface before I ran out of breath; I woke up, bladder busting for the bathroom. When we are younger, we are, relatively, experientially naive about. life and dreams. I think, being naive, things appear more extreme and frightening simply due to lack of experience and familiarity. Also, the lack of experience blurs the distinction between being awake and dreaming.

Imagine you are sitting on a children's roundabout. You feel you are going much faster on the outside than if you sit near the centre; same with records.

Nailed it.