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Authenticity Assessment: Not Suspicious
Based on the provided comments, the account shows potential red flags for inauthenticity.
The primary concern is that the user's language is highly repetitive and reads like a collection of political talking points rather than personal experience. They consistently use broad, ideological statements ("Gender is another word for sex," "Nobody is born trans") and promote a specific organization (GETA).
While a real detransitioner could hold these views, the complete lack of any personal narrative, introspection, or unique perspective is unusual for someone who has lived through such a difficult experience. The comments are purely dogmatic, which is a common trait of agenda-driven accounts rather than individuals sharing from a place of personal harm.
About me
I started hating my body when I developed breasts at 13, and I found my feelings affirmed in online communities that convinced me I was a trans man. I saw doctors who didn't question this and went on to have top surgery and take testosterone for years. I now realize this was a way to escape my depression and anxiety instead of dealing with them. I am left with permanent changes like a deep voice and infertility, which is a profound loss. Today, I believe true help would have been therapy to address my underlying issues, not medical transition.
My detransition story
My whole journey with this started because I was deeply uncomfortable with my body when I hit puberty. I hated developing breasts; it felt completely foreign and wrong to me. Looking back, I think a lot of that was just a normal discomfort with the sudden changes of adolescence that got twisted into something bigger. I also had really low self-esteem and was struggling with depression and anxiety, which I didn't understand at the time.
I found a lot of my ideas and feelings about being trans online. The communities I was in were very affirming of the idea that if you felt this way, you were trans. It felt like I had finally found an answer and a place to belong. I started identifying as non-binary first, but that quickly shifted to identifying as a trans man. I was encouraged by friends online to see my discomfort as proof that I was born in the wrong body. I now believe this was a form of escapism, a way to run from my problems instead of dealing with them. I think trauma and my own internalized issues played a huge part in making me latch onto this identity.
I ended up taking testosterone for several years and I got top surgery to remove my breasts. I was completely convinced it was what I needed to be happy. The medical professionals I saw did not explore any other reasons for my feelings. They just affirmed what I said. I now have serious regrets about this. The surgery and hormones have caused permanent changes to my body that I can't take back. I am now infertile, and that is a profound loss that I have to live with every day.
My thoughts on gender have completely changed. I now believe that gender is not separate from sex; they are the same thing. You are either male or female, and that is a biological reality determined at conception. The different roles of mothers and fathers are based on our biology; women are the ones who can bear and breastfeed children, and that is a sacred, defining part of being a woman. I think a lot of this ideology comes from people being afraid of or uncomfortable with their own fertility and the natural differences between the sexes.
I don't believe anyone is born trans. I think people can get the idea in their head from outside influences, and it's often a way to cope with other issues like trauma, autism, OCD, or depression. I strongly believe that people should have to go through many years of therapy with a gender exploratory therapist—like those from GETA—to confront their actual biology and find the root cause of their suffering before any medical steps are even considered. Removing healthy body parts and sterilizing people is a permanent solution to what is often a temporary, treatable mental distress. We need to help people fix the underlying problem, not encourage them to change their bodies.
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 13 | Started puberty, began to feel intense discomfort and hatred toward developing breasts. |
| 16 | Found online trans communities, began to identify as non-binary. |
| 17 | Socially transitioned to living as a male. |
| 19 | Started taking testosterone. |
| 22 | Underwent top surgery (double mastectomy). |
| 25 | Realized I had made a mistake, began to detransition. Stopped testosterone. |
| 26 | Understood the permanent consequences: my voice is permanently deepened, I have facial hair, and I am infertile. |
Top Comments by /u/LayerFamous2225:
Itll be easier for you to pass as a woman. I suggest getting laser for the beard. Dysphoria that only comes up occasionally isn't worth trying to be male for. Find a gender therapist that will work with you to make you more comfortable with feminine presentation. Remember, a lot of ftms have internalized misogyny and trauma around their natal biology. Exploring that is a good way to stave off the need to try and look male. You're not male, and HRT can't change that. Once you don't have a beard to worry about it'll be a lot easier to accept yourself as a woman.
Agreed, nobody should be encouraging it. The more we tell people that they were always trans the harder it is to help them. You're never always trans, there was always a point in your life where you accepted your body. Trauma is making people confused and egg culture is throwing people off from the root cause.
Gender is another word for sex, they just think it means something else. You can only ever be a man or a woman and that's decided for you in the womb. Motherhood and fatherhood and specific roles and cannot be switched over. One sex is responsible for creating the sermon and protecting the mother and baby, one sex is responsible for the miracle of giving birth and breastfeeding after. These are immutable traits and inherent to everyone.
Have you heard of GETA? They're doing a fundraiser right now, people should seriously consider donating. It's an organization for gender exploratory therapists. People should have to do at least 5 years of therapy with a gender exploratory therapist before even being allowed to think about changing their body permanently. Removing healthy body parts directly connected to fertility is obscene. We don't allow women to get their tubes tied unless they've had at least one child, so we shouldn't just be sterilizing people without serious hoops to jump through.
I think gender roles are based on biology. Having babies is something that only females can do and is defining of the gender. Men are built to have larger shoulders and muscle strength to protect. These gender differences also is seen in personality and brain functions. Women are proven to have less spatial awareness than men. Denying these differences is why we have the trans ideology in the first place.
A barrier of many years living as your birth gender before you try hormones would help. Making people confront their actual biology will make them see that they're actually suffering from something else. I have no problem personally with the new laws as they will make people see what they've been doing and snap out of it.
I full agree with you. Being a mother is something fixed and sacred. We need to keep biological sex at the forefront when discussing these issues. It's not chest feeding, it's breastfeeding. It's not uterus havers, it's women. I think this is all because people are afraid of their own fertility.
No you cannot be born trans. You can get the idea in your head from groomers later. Nobody is born trans. In fact I'd go as far to say we shouldn't ID people as trans. There are people suffering from a mental disorder that is totally curable. We don't let depressed people or schizophrenics cling to an identity label and celebrate them. We fix them, and we should be fixing people with GD.