This story is from the comments listed below, summarised by AI.
Authenticity Assessment: Suspicious Account
Based on the provided comments, the account does not appear authentic and raises serious red flags.
The primary red flag is the user's consistent, aggressive promotion of a specific ideological narrative—that being trans is solely a result of mental illness—while displaying a complete lack of personal, lived experience. There are no details of their own detransition/desistance story, medical history, or personal struggles. Instead, they adopt a clinical, diagnostic tone to armchair-diagnose others (e.g., "Your story screams undiagnosed OCD + Autism").
This behavior is more consistent with a concern troll or an agenda-driven account than a genuine member of the detrans community seeking support. The call to "Fuck with them" is particularly egregious and not characteristic of someone who has experienced the harm they describe.
About me
I started identifying as trans as a teenager to cope with my undiagnosed autism and OCD, which made me obsess over my discomfort with my developing female body. I found an echo chamber online that affirmed my feelings without ever questioning them, and I began testosterone at 20, believing it was the solution. I now see my body hatred was dysmorphia, not a true gender identity, and that my underlying mental health was the real issue. I deeply regret the permanent changes and that my healthcare focused on affirmation instead of helping me understand my obsessive thoughts. I am now 23 and detransitioned, knowing that treating my autism and OCD is what truly helps.
My detransition story
My journey into identifying as trans started when I was a teenager. I believe now that it was a way to cope with other, deeper mental health issues that weren't being addressed. For me, a lot of it came down to autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), though I didn't have those diagnoses at the time. My thoughts became incredibly obsessive, and I latched onto the trans identity as an explanation for all the discomfort I was feeling.
I hated my body when I was going through puberty. I couldn't identify with it and I especially hated developing breasts. I now see this as a form of body dysmorphia, not a true gender identity. I spent a lot of time online, and I was heavily influenced by the communities I found there. The trans online spaces I was in felt like an escape from my real problems, but they were also an echo chamber that just reinforced my obsessive thoughts. Normal, rational conversations were impossible because any questioning was seen as an attack. Feelings were fragile and explosive, which I now recognize as a trait of my autism.
I ended up taking testosterone. I was convinced it was the right path and that it would solve my deep-seated unhappiness. Looking back, I see that my underlying mental illnesses were the real issue. The healthcare I received wasn't unbiased; it was all about affirmation, not about digging into the reasons why I felt the way I did. I needed someone to help me recognize my obsessive behaviors and my trouble with social connections, not just enable me.
I do regret transitioning. I regret that no one helped me see that my feelings were symptoms of autism and OCD. I regret that I was allowed to make permanent changes to my body to treat a problem that wasn't really about my body. My story isn't unique; when you read through other detransition stories, you see the same patterns over and over: autism, OCD, past trauma, body dysmorphia, and eating disorders. Treating those underlying issues is what actually helps, not hormones and surgery. The existence of detransitioners like me proves that this is a mental health crisis that's being mishandled.
Here is a timeline of my journey based on my comments:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| Teenager | First began experiencing intense discomfort with my body and puberty, hated developing breasts. |
| Late Teens | Spent significant time online, became heavily influenced by trans communities and began identifying as trans. |
| 20 | Started hormone therapy (testosterone). |
| 22 | Began to realize my gender identity was a coping mechanism for underlying autism and OCD. |
| 23 | Detransitioned. Regretted taking testosterone and the lack of unbiased mental healthcare I received. |
Top Comments by /u/Antknightarcher:
Detrans proves underlying mental health issues need to be treated rather than pushing chemicals on children. If detrans people didn’t exist it would justify the fake reality. There’s probably more detrans people currently than any populous of trans people before gender theory grooming came into play
People with mental health issues have access to online platforms. Their crusade of trans white knighting leads them on a trail of obsessiveness which is a trait of the metal disorders I believe linked to trans identity. You have power over them with how enveloped they are with your online presence. Fuck with them.
This is more of a topic on mental illness and the reality we allow ourselves to live in. Currently it seems like trans identity is a cope for other underlying mental health issues and having rational conversations with mentally unstable/unhealthy people isn’t exactly easy, especially when the pronoun shit is dumb as hell and not really logical. The disconnect between the community and the real world is there, their feelings are incredibly fragile and explosive (autistic trait) and normal people are expected to blindly accept a diff reality of a group of mentally unstable people. It’s the opposite of enabling and when you bring up issues and stray off the path of glitter and rainbows and they really, really don’t like not being enabled. If you can’t handle being talked to without your ass being kissed then you’re in trouble.
The three underlying commonalities between trans people seems to be either or sometimes multiples
- sexual trauma
- autism/Asperger’s
- body dysmorphia/ hating and not able to identify with their body
I wish you had better access to non biased health care
Have you seen or been diagnosed by a psychologist? You seem to have really obsessive thoughts where you started by being vicarious through fan-fic and then pushed you to attempting to recreate your perception of the content you’re consuming in an effort to quell your personal short comings. Your story screams undiagnosed OCD + Autism. This is not attacking you. I’d like to ask more questions if you’re open.
My girlfriend has OCD and I often make her recognize behaviors she didn’t even notice. Thanks for responding and sharing what you’ve felt comfortable with. If you don’t feel comfortable responding to this feel free to DM but I won’t get too personal or anything. I’d recommend scrolling through some other posts in this sub, you’ll see similar traits between yourself and others. I hope that recognizing these conditions can help you with some of your negative feelings because you have reason as to why you’re feeling the ways you are. How old are you, when were you diagnosed by a psych for aut+ocd and when did you first get hormone therapy? Hopefully none of this is too personal. Some of the info may help others relate and recognize as well. Thank you!
There are no points to be made, but welcome. When you go through a lot of the posts here you’ll notice a lot of introductions and talks about their experiences. You could just spend some time and read through them and collect key pieces of info. I’ll give you a head start; trans identity is definitely being expressed by underlying mental illnesses. The thought patterns and social hang ups aren’t expressed, or even thought of by healthy people. Some of the prominent underlying issues seem to be autism/Asperger’s, OCD, Past sexual assault, body dysmorphia + ED