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- Personal, consistent narrative: The user shares a specific, multi-year personal history (orchiectomy, age of transition/detransition) with consistent, reflective details.
- Complex, evolving views: The thoughts are nuanced, showing personal growth, regret, and internal conflict, which is difficult to fake convincingly.
- Appropriate passion: The tone is critical and passionate about the topic, which aligns with the warning that detransitioners can be "pissed off," but it doesn't read as manufactured outrage.
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About me
I started my medical transition in my early twenties because I was deeply uncomfortable with myself and thought changing my body was the only answer. I had surgery at 27, a permanent choice I made without fully considering the lifelong consequences. I now see my drive to transition was rooted in escapism and low self-esteem, not a true identity. I am a detransitioned man living with profound regret for having permanently altered my body and written myself out of the gene pool. My focus now is on living honestly and moving forward, and I would urge anyone with doubts to avoid permanent procedures.
My detransition story
My entire journey with transition and detransition has been a long and difficult process of self-discovery, filled with choices I now see differently. I started my medical transition when I was 21 or 22 years old. At the time, I was deeply uncomfortable with myself and felt that changing my body was the only way to escape those feelings. I now see that a lot of my drive to transition was rooted in a kind of escapism and a low self-esteem that made me hate who I was. I was blinded by what I called dysphoria.
When I was 27, I had an orchiectomy. It’s been almost five years since that surgery now, and it is a permanent change. Even at 27, I was too shortsighted to fully understand what that permanence really meant. I was focused on relieving my immediate distress and didn't properly consider the long-term consequences.
Now, I have a much more truthful concept of myself. I’ve done a lot of growing and have evolved past that person I used to be. But the reality is that I am a patient for life because of the choices I made. I permanently wrote myself out of the gene pool, and while I was warned, I didn't listen. I now feel a sense of regret about that. Reproduction didn't seem like a big deal to me when I was younger, but my perspective has changed.
I don't think the concept of being transsexual is very tenable for me anymore. I've had to acknowledge the full truth to myself. However, I can't bring myself to reverse the medical changes at this stage. My focus now is on living my life as honestly as I can. I believe it's important for someone like me, a detransitioned man, to make every effort to stay clear of women's spaces and issues, to just do my own thing. It's easier said than done, but it feels like the right path.
My thoughts on gender have become much more complicated. I see now that my journey wasn't a simple one, and that my initial feelings were influenced by more than just a pure sense of identity. I don't regret the personal growth I've achieved, but I definitely regret the permanent physical changes. If I could give advice to anyone else, it would be to think incredibly hard before any permanent procedure. If you have doubts, don't do it. Don't permanently alter yourself just for the sake of self-discovery.
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | Started hormonal/medical transition. |
| 27 | Had an orchiectomy. |
| 32 (now) | Living as a detransitioned man, reflecting on the journey. |
Top Comments by /u/Amawakatuna:
Hi! I recommend you read CS Lewis on hell especially Mere Christianity, the Screwtape Letters or Four Loves. He definitely takes on the materialist secularist worldview, but the way he explains hell has been really helpful to me. I really consider outright fear of hell as eternal conscious torment very troublesome. It is wonderful to have the strength to not transition at all though, and I definitely applaud you.
I had an orchiectomy done, will be 5 years ago in a few months. It's a permanent change. In the 5 years since I made a lot of growth, and have a much more truthful concept of myself, but you definitely shouldn't permanently alter yourself just for the sake of self discovery. Definitely think very hard and if you have doubts, don't do it!
I'm at a similar place to where you are. I find the entire GC discourse just so unbearably hostile to anyone born male (but don't fully blame them). I don't think transsexualism is all that tenable anymore but I just can't bring myself to reverse anything at this stage. I think it's an important step to just acknowledge the full truth to yourself. However you present yourself you will have the complex internal history of what you went through. I think as a detrans man or "disidentified" MTF you can take every effort to just stay clear of women's spaces/issues do your own thing as much as possible- but easier said than done I suppose.
ND people our selves often have less desire to play to the regular "life scripts" society puts out. No one is sitting back with glee rubbing hands together at a "mass sterilization" but I think for a lot of us, especially when younger- reproduction is not a big deal, and maybe a way to remove ourselves from society even more. I know I felt ready to get through the orchiectomy because of the dysphoria at the time- now of course I feel bad permanently writing myself out of the gene pool- but no one didn't warn me- I was just blinded by "dysphoria".
I was 27. I evolved past my cringe carnival self (started hormonal/medical transition at 21/22), but still made a lot of ill considered choices. Idk though cause at the same time it’s almost like I personally had to do it to get where I am today, but I definitely advocate for people with doubts to not go for permanent procedures like this. Reality is that I am a patient for life, and even at 27 I was too stupid to realize that.