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They are defined as a pattern of thought or behavior that negatively impacts the patient's ability to function within their society.

It is little more than a mismatch between the conduct of the patient and the social-cultural consensus of their day, a failure to conform to the ideas of what is widely considered acceptable behavior for the time.

A physical injury, or illness isn't defined by its juxtaposition against the larger society in which the patient lives, be it a broken leg or a common flu, we need only consider the patient when diagnosing them, only mental afflictions get this ridiculous standard of diagnosis.

Both the left and right have uses the terms wrong, assuming it was defined in some more objective empirical measure like physical ailments or diseases are.

Homosexuality shouldn't have been removed from the dsm when it was, because in that time it fit rhe definition of a pattern of thoughts and behaviors that impaired the patient's ability to function in their society.

It shouldn't have mattered that this difficulty was being largely attributed to the prejudice against such behaviors that were widely held by the society of the time.

And the right is wrong when they claim that transgenderism is a mental illness, because now one of the biggest reasons for becoming a tranny is that society worships you for doing so.

Societal standards have changed, and it is they which define what we could consider to be a mental sickness or not.

What we consider to he a crazy hobo today was once considered a wise philospher in ancient Greek society.