Experts have attributed Gender Identity Disorder (GID) to childhood trauma while describing it as a hindrance to identity and self-discovery.
 
Executive Director, Centre for Individual and Child Development (CICD), Chizoba Akunne, stated this at the yearly workshop themed: Identity Roadmap: Building Resilience, in Lagos.
   
Akunne described GID, also known as gender dysphoria, as an individual’s response to discontentment with their physical outlook and emotional framework.
   
“I have been in contact with those who transitioned and came back and what I found is they come back with more issues and they concluded that their approach was not the solution.”
   
She explained that persons with identity crises struggle with decision-making, individuality and confidence. Also pointed out other features such as, “self-sabotage, social withdrawal, attachment disorders and meaning finding,” she added.
   
Director, Child’s Play Arena, Seye Oyabile, urged parents to put in more work into parenting to avert these societal menaces.
   
“Allow your children to have their own experiences so that they do not carry your experiences into their future. Involve them in decision-making; do not shun them when they ask questions. Listen to understand and then correct. Let us create a safe space for our kids in our homes first.”
   
Advocate of physical and mental wellness, Olatunji Rockdweller, attributed societal dysfunction to the inability of individuals to project their minds toward positivity.