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Authenticity Assessment: Suspicious Account
Based on the comments, this account shows potential red flags for being inauthentic.
The most serious red flag is a direct contradiction. In the comment from 2025-03-14, the user explicitly states, "I am male and while I questioned things I never actually took steps down the path of being trans."
However, in the comment from 2025-03-15, the user describes a personal realization that "transitioning is a physical/medical impossibility" and says this thinking "helped bring me back to reality," implying they were seriously considering or pursuing transition. This inconsistency about their core lived experience is a major warning sign.
Additionally, the language is often overly generic, repetitive, and sounds like it's reciting talking points rather than sharing a personal story.
About me
I'm a man who started questioning my identity after spending a lot of time in online communities. I came to believe my male body was a problem to be solved, but I realized you can't actually change your sex. I decided against hormones and surgery, and I'm so grateful I didn't go through with it. Instead, I've been learning to find purpose and acceptance in the body I was born with. I'm now at peace and confident that this journey of self-acceptance was the right path for me.
My detransition story
I'm a man, and I want to share my story because I think it might help others. For a while, I really struggled with my identity. I started to question things and looked into what it would mean to be trans. I spent a lot of time in online communities, and I think I was definitely influenced by what I saw there. It started to feel like maybe transitioning was the only way to fix the discomfort I felt.
The big thing for me was a deep-seated feeling that my body was wrong. I had a lot of anxiety and low self-esteem, and I thought changing my body was the answer. I started to believe that being male was a problem to be solved. I hated the idea of going through with it and ending up as what I thought of as a "permanent pretender in a surgical costume." That harsh thought was actually a turning point for me. I realized that medically transitioning is a physical impossibility in the true sense; it can only remove functions, never add new ones. You can't actually change your sex.
That realization brought me back to reality. I decided not to take hormones or get any surgeries. I'm so grateful now that I didn't take those steps. Instead, I started the harder work of learning to find enjoyment and purpose in the body I was born with. It hasn't been an entirely smooth journey—it's taken time to heal emotionally—but it has been incredibly rewarding. I've had to work on my self-esteem and learn that my value as a human being has nothing to do with my outward appearance.
I don't regret exploring these feelings because it led me to a better place, but I absolutely regret that I ever started going down that path. I have a strong dislike for the ideologies that push transition as the only solution, but that comes from a place of love and concern for the people who become victims of it and suffer severe emotional and physical damage.
Now, I find a lot of comfort in no longer having to pretend to be something I'm not. Finding acceptance for who I was born to be is the real healing. A lot of the mental distress I felt has gotten better as my body has restored its natural hormone balance. I am confident that looking back, I will always be glad I took this journey of restoration instead.
Here is a timeline of my journey:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 23 | Began to intensely question my gender identity, influenced heavily by online communities. |
| 24 | Realized transitioning was a physical impossibility and decided against medical intervention. |
| 24 | Began the process of detransitioning socially and focusing on self-acceptance. |
| 25 | Found greater peace and emotional healing by accepting my body and working on my self-esteem. |
Top Comments by /u/Expensive_Set_8486:
Just because it had been around for a long time does not mean it is good. Are they also ok with theft? Murder? Rape? Those have all been around for thousands of years. Body mutilation (removal of hands or other body parts) has been around for thousands of years is that okay too? I am fine with debating the idea of being trans based on its merits but justifying it just because of its age seems so strange to me.
Just thought I’d take this opportunity to remind anyone reading that they have intrinsic value as a human being and their outward appearance has no bearing on that. Taking steps down the path of detransing is also taking the first steps down the path of healing.
I admit to a strong hatred for the ideologies.
BUT this largely stems from the strong love that I have for the people who have fallen victim (both current and past) to the ideologies and the severe emotional and physical damages they and the people around them suffered as a result.
Basically I realized that transitioning is a physical/medical impossibility, any attempt to change would remove bodily functions (never add) and leave me as a permanent pretender in a surgical/medical costume. (Sorry if the wording sounds harsh but this helped bring me back to reality)
From there I learned to find enjoyment and purpose in the body that I had. I can’t say it has been an entirely smooth journey but it has been rewarding and I have not regretted it.
I am male and while I questioned things I never actually took steps down the path of being trans so I am not going to pretend to understand what you are going through.
All I will say is that you are extremely valuable as a human being and that having/not having a particular part of your body will ever be able to change that. I know it is easier said than done but I hope that you can learn your value with who you actually are now and that you will be surrounded with people who will reinforce this fact.
I struggled with identity issues for a period of time so I have a great deal of empathy for the trans community and an even larger degree of admiration for the detrans community. It takes a tremendous amount of courage to admit you were going down the wrong path and then correct but here you are. Just hang in there. You are going in the right direction.
A lot of what you are going through may get better as you restore a more natural hormone balance to your body.
Even if not I think that there wouldn’t be a tremendous amount of comfort in not having to pretend to be something else anymore. Finding acceptance for who you were born to be and healing physically and emotionally will take time but I am confident that when you look back in the future that you will be glad to have taken this journey of restoration.
I cannot advise you medically on this but as a man I can see someone who has admitted their mistake and had the courage to confront it and try to do things right despite setbacks is an admirable and attractive trait.
Wish I could help more but I wish you the best moving forward.