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Based on the provided comments, this account appears to be authentic. There are no serious red flags suggesting it is a bot or inauthentic.
The user demonstrates deep, personal, and highly specific knowledge of medical transition (e.g., drug names like Lupron and letrozole, procedures like phalloplasty, and detailed discussions of bone density issues). The comments show a consistent, passionate, and nuanced perspective over several months, including personal anecdotes about starting transition at 13 and detransitioning over a decade later. The emotional tone—anger, trauma, religious references, and frustration with both the medical system and the "trans cult"—is consistent with a genuine, highly invested detransitioner.
About me
I started transitioning as a young teenager because I was deeply uncomfortable and thought becoming a man was the only answer. The medical system made it incredibly easy, never offering real therapy to address my underlying pain and mental health struggles. Now, I am a female again and living with the permanent consequences, including serious bone damage and infertility from the hormones and surgeries. I see now that my problems were never about gender, and I've lost almost everyone from that time in my life. I'm trying to move forward, rebuild my health, and stay close to my faith.
My detransition story
My journey with transition and detransition was long and complicated, and it caused me a lot of physical and emotional pain. I started when I was very young, at 12 years old, and began taking hormones by 13. I was a teenager who was deeply uncomfortable, and I was convinced that changing my body was the only way to fix how I felt. I ended up having a phalloplasty when I was 19.
Looking back, I don't think my problems were really about gender. I think I had a lot of other mental health issues and discomfort with puberty that got misdirected. The whole process felt like a trap that was built and baited for people like me. The medical system made it incredibly easy. I never had any meaningful therapy that made me question my decision or look at the root causes of my pain. The appointments felt like a joke; they just had a checklist of things they needed to hear me say. It’s even worse now—you don’t even need to say you have dysphoria anymore.
I benefited from finally stepping away from all of it. I weaned myself off testosterone and found a normal doctor who was supportive of my detransition. She agreed it was good I was off the hormones. My body now has the hormone levels of a post-menopausal woman, but I feel okay and don't want to take any more exogenous hormones.
I have serious regrets about my transition, especially the surgeries. My bones were wrecked from the Lupron, letrozole, and testosterone I took as a teenager. I’ve been told it's unsafe for me to do normal things like run or even bend at the waist to do dishes because of my bone density. By the grace of God, I haven’t broken anything, but it’s a constant worry. I’m trying to build my strength back up with weight-bearing exercise and good nutrition, but the damage is done. I’m also now infertile, which is a profound loss.
My thoughts on gender have completely changed. I came to see that I was always a female living as a man. No amount of surgery or medication could change that fundamental truth. I started to feel like a hypocrite because I saw all the logical fallacies in the ideology. I saw that many people who transition, including the influencers, aren't truly fulfilled. They have massive problems underneath the surface—mental illness, addiction, failure to launch—that are directly related to their transition.
I lost almost all of my friends from that time. They either stopped talking to me when I turned 18 or fell away as I got healthier. The one friend I tried to talk to about detransitioning believed that "real" trans people were biologically meant to transition and that if I detransitioned, it just proved I was never trans to begin with. I couldn't handle the mental gymnastics anymore. None of them were healthy.
My faith became very important to me through this. I believe the enemy wants to destroy the union of masculine and feminine. I have trauma, especially from autistic men with misogynistic views and from men with autogynephilia, and it’s been a struggle to heal from that. I hope there are strong men out there who have healed and will speak out to protect vulnerable boys from being castrated. This is a cult, and it took my brother from me too. He’s autistic and went off his medications, lied to get surgery, and then blocked our entire family.
In the end, I see my transition as a terrible mistake based on a misunderstanding of my own pain. I’m trying to cut my losses, learn from the experience, and move on with my life, staying close to God.
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 | Started socially transitioning. |
| 13 | Began medical transition (Lupron, letrozole, testosterone). |
| 19 | Underwent phalloplasty surgery. |
| 25/26 | Began the process of detransition, weaned off testosterone. |
Top Comments by /u/Antiquatedfish:
As far as the ones relating to schools and sports, it’s a title ix issue. Women and girls have the right to single sex spaces regardless of anyone else’s mental illness. In the workplace (and the gym, etc.,), women and girls shouldn’t be subjected to it and there’s usually equivalent laws/policies. If the person actually truly passes, isn’t making a scene, and has all their documents in order, it shouldn’t matter. The only people up in arms about it either obviously don’t pass and still want their feelings to matter more than the masses (narcissists) or are in there for creepy reasons. Why would someone call the cops on someone who passes and is minding their business? It doesn’t happen!
I started medically transitioning at 13 and had phalloplasty at 19 too. I’m in the same boat and I’d be interested to know which surgeon you went to and what they say about reversal. I’m currently jumping through hoops with insurance to get back to my surgeon for a consult.
This! I’ve met hundreds of transitioned people at all stages of transition and on each end the passing spectrum and have yet to meet one who was truly fulfilled and settled in the totality of their decision to transition. Many can fake it well but dig a bit deeper and their problems are massive, not small. The “unrelated” mental illness, physical sickness, relationship problems, failure to launch, addiction, etc isn’t so unrelated after all. And a lot of the influencers literally are not even dysphoric or trans but do it for the $. Unfollow or block all of them!
Most of them who were older stopped talking to me when I turned 18… cringe I know. The ones who were my age slowly fell off naturally over the years as I got healthier. By the time I decided to detrans I only had 1 left who I ghosted. I tried talking to the person about it but they felt that “real” trans people were biologically meant to transition and that dysphoria was an immutable trait. In other words, “real” trans people were some form of intersex that science just hasn’t proven yet. Male brain, female body type of thing. If I were to detrans, in their mind it just meant I was never trans. I couldn’t deal with the mental gymnastics or the overall severity of the person’s mental illnesses anymore. None of them are healthy. Stay close to God! You don’t need it in your life
Same type of thing happened to my brother. We all worry about how he’ll take it when he realizes he never should’ve had surgery. He lied his way into getting everything expedited and went from loudly bragging often about how great having male genitals was to having them cut off “because trauma” (HIS words!!) in about a year. It was INSANE. Now he blocked all of us, his entire family. He’s also autistic (but refuses to admit it and did all this after going off meds/therapies for ASD and self-medicating with alcohol and prescription drugs instead). It’s difficult being a sibling of someone with autism and mental illness. “Glass sibling” is what it’s sometimes called. Just know you’re not alone and none of it is in your control or your fault. ❤️❤️❤️
They should at least stop under 18 from doing anything but brain isn’t done cooking until around 25 and many kids are sneaking out to planned parenthood on their 18th birthday. Not to mention people with multiple mental disorders and developmental disabilities that should be precluded at any age. There will be work to be done after the minor bans to protect as many patients as possible.
So… you’re saying everyone is damned if they do and damned if they don’t? Personally I’m glad there are people who are willing to speak up about the abuse and mutilation of mentally ill people including children. It’s not attacking “trans” people to stand up for ourselves and I’m tired of the trash posts on this page complaining that detrans people telling our stories is attacking the existence of “trans” people which we used to be and who will eventually end up here on this page, being told they need to shut up or else hurt the feelings of the cult. Why is this allowed here? Sorry but this is a theme at this point…
Sounds like projection! He was probably into you and to fit the story he tells himself that he can’t be attracted to women, you must really be a guy. But who knows, the mental gymnastics of trans people and even lgbt in general nowadays is way too complex and chaotic to keep up with when sober, let alone when intoxicated.
The enemy wants to destroy the union of masculine and feminine. If we were to join forces and fight politically as a unified front this would be so healing not just for us and future detrans people, but for the world. The male and female relationship is the cornerstone of life for humans and it’s under attack from all directions. I have the same gripes and more about men, especially those who transitioned. I have trauma around autistic misogynists, pedo AGPs, and all the rest of it. I can’t pretend that I’m there yet. I know a lot of them still blame their mom for daddy leaving and take it out on all women. We have a ways to go. I’m not holding my breath for a man to post something like this and ask how he can support his detrans sisters. I do agree with you though and I encourage us all to keep a tiny flicker of hope alive because it IS possible. I hope there are some strong men who will read this who have expelled the demons out and welcomed God in. I hope there are some who are inspired to do so now rather than seething at a woman holding them accountable. We NEED strong men who have healed from this. If a guy isn’t going to be that person, there is ZERO reason to “try”with any detrans men. When it’s the right time, some of them will recognize (if they haven’t already) that’s it’s not only women’s responsibility to protect the children. Those are the men I’ll support and team up with. Male sperm counts are abysmal and the last thing we need is vulnerable boys being castrated. Even the pervert 30-40yr olds can be saved. Stop being the victim and the lurker and speak out like the guy in the video has. Statistically it’s mostly puberty aged girls and adult men being transitioned, so that’s the dynamic I’m focusing on. VERY young detrans women are the most vocal group fighting it. Where are the upper 20s, 30, 40+ year old men who are detransing?? Still watching the content that got them in this mess? Took off the blue wig, skipped town, and living a new life as an alpha male? Or just hiding behind us like we’re shields? Okay, I’m off my soap box. But c’mon guys, step it up.
Our leaders are well aware of detrans issues. Multiple high profile detransitioners have said publicly that they were consulted as part of the Trump transition team. The issue will be ironed out, but not in 2 weeks! Everyone please be patient and don’t give into the hysteria.