About 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth

No, obsession with self never is. Biology has not changed. This is collective insanity, there is no reasonable explanation better than that which does not involve pesticide poisoning or some such.
Not knowing who or what the fuck you are wastes precious time. For which I have no time. That is my choice. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. But regarding the confused, live and let live. Their life is their own. I hope they find what they are looking for.