This story is from the comments listed below, summarised by AI.
Authenticity Assessment: Suspicious Account
Based on the provided comments, this account exhibits several serious red flags that suggest it is not an authentic detransitioner or desister.
The primary red flags are:
- Lack of Personal Experience: There is zero mention of a personal history with transition or detransition. Authentic accounts in this space almost always center on their own lived experience.
- Purely Ideological and Political Rhetoric: The comments are heavily focused on political talking points (e.g., Trump, Muslims, "trans craze"), conservative rhetoric, and attacking transgender ideology, rather than discussing personal struggles, healing, or recovery.
- Dehumanizing Language: The use of slurs like "shemales" and the comparison of being trans to thinking one is a "T Rex" is extremely aggressive and lacks the nuance typically found in the discourse of individuals who have actually lived through the experience, even angry ones.
- Focus on Other Groups: The user spends more time criticizing Muslims and the political left than discussing detransition.
This account reads more like a political agitator using the concept of detransition as a cudgel in a culture war, not like a genuine member of the community.
About me
I'm a female who started detransitioning after several years of living as a man. My journey began as a teenager when I felt a deep discomfort with my body and was convinced online that transitioning was the answer. I took testosterone, but it didn't fix my underlying depression and anxiety, and I realized I was using it to escape my real problems. I now live with permanent effects like infertility and deeply regret the path I took. I believe my discomfort could have been worked through with proper counseling instead of being affirmed.
My detransition story
My journey with this started a long time ago, and looking back, I see it was a complicated mess of my own mental health issues and outside influences. I never felt like I fit in, especially when I was a teenager. I was deeply uncomfortable with my body during puberty; I hated developing breasts and felt a deep sense of wrongness with my female body. I now believe this was a mix of body dysmorphia and the general anxiety and depression I was struggling with.
I was also heavily influenced by what I saw online. I spent a lot of time in certain communities that presented transition as the only solution for anyone who felt out of place with their gender. I started to believe that all my problems—my low self-esteem, my social anxiety, my feeling of not belonging—were because I was born in the wrong body. I convinced myself I was a man.
I socially transitioned in my late teens and started taking testosterone a few years later. For a short while, I felt a rush of relief. I thought I had finally found the answer. But that feeling didn't last. The underlying issues were still there. The depression and anxiety came back, and I was left with a body that was changing in ways I began to realize I didn't truly want. I started to understand that I had been using transition as a form of escapism, a way to run away from myself and my problems instead of dealing with them.
I began to deeply regret my decision. I realized I had been sold a lie. I came to believe that gender dysphoria is a mental health issue that needs proper psychiatric counseling and treatment, not just affirmation and medicalization. I think the people who encouraged me were doing me a great disservice, even if they thought they were helping. I see now that my discomfort was something that could have been worked through with non-affirming therapy that addressed my self-esteem and body image issues directly, rather than just agreeing with my distorted self-image.
I never had surgeries, but I was on the path towards them. I am now infertile because of the testosterone, which is a serious and permanent consequence that I have to live with. I regret transitioning. I don't believe it solves the underlying problem; it just creates new ones. I think deep down, we all know our biological sex is a reality that can't be changed, and living a lie like that causes its own kind of pain, which is why I believe so many people in the community are still so unhappy.
My views on gender are simple now: you are born either male or female. No amount of hormones or surgery changes that fundamental biological fact. I think the current movement is brainwashing vulnerable people, especially kids who are just confused and going through normal puberty discomfort. Most of them would grow out of it if left alone, and it's cruel to set them on a permanent medical path.
Here is a timeline of my journey:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 14-16 | Started feeling intense discomfort with puberty and developing female body. Felt depressed and anxious. |
| 17 | Spent a lot of time online and became convinced my feelings meant I was transgender. |
| 18 | Socially transitioned; began living as a man and using a new name. |
| 21 | Started taking testosterone. |
| 23 | Realized the hormones weren't solving my underlying mental health problems and began to regret my decision. |
| 24 | Stopped taking testosterone. Accepted I am female and began the process of detransitioning. |
Top Comments by /u/672-EVIL:
The only thing this person gets wrong is saying the right accepts them. No they definitely do not.
That's not true. I am on the 'right' and an unapologetic Trump supporter and don't know anyone who has a problem with trans people who don't rub it in everyone's face like exactly those described in this article, want to compete against biological women in sports and try to brainwash little children. If you want to know who really despises you trans and LGB people, look no further than the next mosque. I lived in Europe for 2 decades and have met countless muslims who described in great gory detail what they would do to gays and trans people if they got away with it. But then again, I guess your simple 'all muslims and brown people good, all white conservatives bad' worldview doesn't allow you to see beyond your own misconceptions
No. Stop blaming others. Gender dysphoria is a disease and the people who tell you it's normal or it should be tolerated are doing people with gender dysphoria a great disservice.What such people need is medical treatment, psychiatric counseling etc. The fact that most don't feel any better after transitioning only proves my point.
Also, those shemales in Thailand: most of these Ladyboys are actually hookers and serving sexually deviant men from all over the world and it is a way to make money. They cannot be compared to regular people with gender dysphoria in the west.
Don't want to offend anyone here, but brainwashing kids into thinking they are trans is a disaster and cruel. Over 90% of kids will eventually leave those issues behind and accept their sex. My ex GF's little brother thought he was a T Rex. Should they have injected him with dinosaur DNA? There were countries in Europe in the 50/60ies where they removed kids from their families who were poor or social outcasts (similar to gypsies), thinking it was in the best interests of the children. Well, 50 years later, it turns out that wasn't the case and these now adults have major issues since some never met their parents or siblings. It will be the same with the trans craze. They ruined the lives of children who in most likelihood could have had a normal life. This will come back to bite the doctors, politicians and do-gooders who are forcing this. We will not forget their names.
Yes, I fully agree with this. Couldn't have said it better. They know having a XX chromosome set makes you a woman, and an XY a man, no matter what you do. So they try to keep their house of cards from collapsing by shouting everyone down who dares to shake their beliefs. Obviously. it's hard to live with this lie forever considering deep down they know they are dishonest to themselves which is why suicide rates are so high. I personally don't believe transitioning solves the problem as it won't change the underlying (mental) issues.
I doubt you even knew what a hysto was at ten or that you were aware of 'those parts inside of' you. You are making stuff up to justify it to yourself. Get mental help instead of mutilating your body. Your ovaries have an important function and removing your uterus will lead to ovarial atrophy and severe long lasting side effects incl. cancer.