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About me
I was a teenage girl who felt uncomfortable with my developing body and found acceptance online where I was told I was really a boy. I medically transitioned with testosterone and surgery, believing it would solve my deep unhappiness and depression. I now realize my body wasn't the problem, and that my discomfort was from other issues that the transition didn't fix. I have serious regrets about the permanent changes I made and feel I was influenced by a community that offered one solution. Today, I am learning to accept myself as a masculine woman and healing from this experience.
My detransition story
My whole journey with this started when I was a teenager. I was a girl who never really fit in with the super feminine stereotypes. I hated my breasts when they started developing; they felt wrong and alien on my body. I spent a lot of time online, and I found communities that told me this discomfort meant I was actually a boy. It made a strange kind of sense at the time. I was also struggling with depression and really low self-esteem, and the idea of becoming someone completely new was incredibly appealing. It felt like an escape from all my problems.
I started identifying as non-binary first, but the feeling of wrongness with my body kept growing. The people I talked to online and some friends I had at the time were all very supportive of me taking the next step. They reinforced the idea that my body was the problem. So, I eventually decided to medically transition. I took testosterone for several years. The changes happened fast, and at first, it felt good. I felt like I was finally taking control. I even got top surgery to remove my breasts.
But the happiness didn't last. After a few years, I started to realize that the surgery and hormones hadn't fixed the deep-down issues I was struggling with. The depression and anxiety came back, worse than before. I had to face the fact that I had made permanent changes to my body for what I now see were temporary reasons. I came to understand that my discomfort during puberty wasn't a sign I was born in the wrong body; it was a mix of body dysmorphia and a normal struggle with growing up. I also think I had some internalized homophobia; it was easier to think of myself as a straight boy than to accept being a masculine woman.
I don't believe in gender the way I used to. I think we've confused personality with gender. It's perfectly okay to be a masculine woman or a feminine man without it meaning you're in the wrong body. My biggest regret is that no one ever told me that. Instead, I was guided towards irreversible medical procedures. I was influenced by people online who treated transition as the only solution. I now see it as a cult-like mentality that doesn't allow for any questioning.
I have serious regrets about my transition. The top surgery is irreversible, and I have to live with that every day. I also worry about the long-term health complications from the testosterone. I’ve benefited from therapy that wasn't just about affirming my transition desires, but about understanding why I felt that way in the first place. That has helped me more than anything else.
My message to anyone thinking about this is to please slow down. Learn to accept yourself for who you are. Your body is not the enemy. These medical procedures are serious, they often have complications, and they don't solve the underlying pain. You are a unique person, and that is enough.
Here is a timeline of my journey based on my memories:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 13 | Started feeling intense discomfort with my body and breast development during puberty. |
| 15 | Spent a lot of time online, found trans communities, and began identifying as non-binary. |
| 17 | Started taking testosterone after being convinced it was the right path. |
| 19 | Underwent top surgery to remove my breasts. |
| 22 | Began to realize the medical transition hadn't resolved my underlying depression and anxiety. |
| 23 | Stopped taking testosterone and began the process of detransitioning. |
| Present (24) | Working on accepting myself as a masculine woman and healing from my experiences. |
Top Comments by /u/Epsilia:
No. The processes of puberty that would have happened while on them have been lost during that time. The earlier the blockers are stopped, the less damage done to normal development.
Edit: "Puberty Blocker" is also a misnomer. The actual drug in question is Lupron. Lupron is a drug that is very frequently given to convicted pedophiles as a form of chemical castration. "Chemical castration" is a far more accurate description of what they're giving to children.
Hot take: being against giving trans treatment to children and being against it in general because it's ineffective is not "transphobic" and calling somebody "transphobic" because they are against the entire collection of medical procedures is not acceptable.
It's also perfectly normal and okay for a boy/man to be into feminine stuff and a girl/woman to be into masculine stuff without them having some sort of dysphoria. Ironically, as much as the trans movement likes to talk about how much they hate gender stereotypes, they enforce them most of all.
No. It's a mental disorder, in the same way that scitzophrenic people aren't actually hearing voices, just experiencing it.
You can't solve this problem with surgery. It has to be done with proper therapy. Not therapy where they try to push you into surgery.
One major problem with this world if thst we teach people that they shouldn't ever be okay with themselves, and need to change.
Its okay to be a feminine male.
Its okay to be a masculine female.
I think the number is far far higher than they even claim. There's a social pressure to keep up the façade once you transition. It's very normal for detransitioners to lose their trans friends. Their 1% claim is nothing more than a guess right out of their ass.
"genocide" isn't the correct term because people aren't being killed en-mass for this. What they're considering to be "genocide" is probably the states that have (rightfully) decided that children should not be given irreversible and unsafe medical and surgical procedures when most kids grow out of it before they become an adult.
Look, I'm not a very religious person, but the people who I know who are genuinely care about detransitioners. Yeah, the other stuff they were pushing for, I don't agree with at all, but I completely agree that it's generally unsafe for otherwise healthy individuals to get medical or surgical procedures that they don't need.
Its the pro-trans religion I'm more concerned about.
Please do not. It's all cosmetic, and not functional. You will have complications and will be a lifelong patient for the rest of your life, which also comes with all of the medical debt. It'll be crippling.
What you should do is to learn to accept yourself for who you are. We all have faults and issues, but you're still the only person who will ever be you. It's also okay if you don't follow the gender roles. It's perfectly fine to be a feminine man or a masculine woman without causing physical and permanent damage to your body.
Going through with it will not make you happier. Here's a long term study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885
Please, please, please don't do this!
I think the issue here is that people are confusing gender with personality. Being a boy who likes things that's generally attributed to girl's interests does not make you gender non-conforming. It just makes you a complex person with different interests than those around you. And that's okay. My example works for girls being into things that are considered more for boys too.