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About me
I started as a girl who felt completely alienated from womanhood because I was bullied and never felt feminine enough. I thought my deep appreciation for men meant I should be one, so I was prescribed testosterone after a very brief appointment when I was 18. I was on it for two miserable years before I realized I desperately wanted to be a woman and that transition was a form of escapism from my mental health struggles. I detransitioned and now I’m working to embrace being female again, though it’s a difficult process. My faith and working on my mental health have been crucial to my healing after a medical system that failed me.
My detransition story
My whole journey with this started when I was a kid. Puberty was really hard for me. I was chubby and got bullied relentlessly for not being feminine enough. I felt like I could never measure up to what a girl was supposed to be. I tried every trend and beauty standard, trying to feel beautiful and worthy of being a woman, but I just felt completely alienated from girlhood. I started to think that maybe I just wasn't meant to be a girl.
I also suspect I have autism, which made social things even more confusing and complicated. I was later diagnosed, and it explained a lot about why I felt so out of place.
My friend group was almost entirely queer, except for one straight girl. Being around them, and seeing so much talk online about women hating men, made me feel like a weirdo for being a straight girl who genuinely loved and appreciated men. It felt like normal women were supposed to find men gross or annoying, and my intense attraction felt wrong, like it must mean something else. I thought maybe the way I liked men was how gay men liked men, because they seemed so open about admiring masculinity.
All of this built up into a deep self-hatred and a feeling that I would never be a "real" woman. I thought transition was the answer. I thought if I couldn't be a woman, I could try to be a gay man instead. So, right after I turned 18, I walked into a Planned Parenthood. The entire appointment lasted less than 30 minutes. They asked me maybe five questions and handed me a prescription for testosterone. I was a mentally unwell teenager, and no one asked about my depression, anxiety, or my rocky mental health. It felt like medical malpractice.
I was on testosterone for almost two years. I never really passed fully until I buzzed my hair off, and even then, I just got confused looks. I became invisible. I lost hope that I could ever be feminine or be seen as a woman again. I remember coming to this rude awakening that I wasn't trans and that I desperately wanted to be feminine, but I felt stuck because I thought I was "too far gone." I was miserable.
I finally decided to stop. I detransitioned. Letting my body go back to its natural state was hard. I have to shave constantly and be hyper-aware of how I look to try and "pass" as female again. I hate that I still have to deal with the same misogynistic stereotypes about how women should look and act—the very things I was trying to escape from.
Looking back, I see now that my desire to transition was a form of escapism. I was so lonely and mentally unstable that I think I was trying to become my own boyfriend. I was using a trans identity to run from my problems. I also struggled with symptoms of OCD, with intrusive, anxious thoughts about my identity that I latched onto.
I definitely regret transitioning. It was a mistake, and my life would have been better without it. I don't think the trans lifestyle is healthy for anyone, and the way gender dysphoria is handled now is horrific. It’s like affirming someone’s eating disorder instead of trying to help them. I became very critical of gender ideology after I detransitioned, especially when I saw how much hate detransitioners get for just talking about our experiences. We're told it's our fault and that we shouldn't "project" onto others, but we have a right to talk about the very real negative consequences.
My faith has become a huge part of my healing. Learning about Orthodox Christianity showed me a true, sacrificial form of masculinity, about loving like Christ loved the church. It helped me reconcile my appreciation for men and masculinity without feeling like I had to be one.
I lost over 100 pounds, got a job, and worked on my mental health. I feel embarrassed now that I ever thought transition was the answer. The person I was then was deeply struggling, and the medical system completely failed me. I hope by sharing this, someone else might slow down and get the proper, ethical support they deserve before making permanent decisions.
Age | Event |
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12-13 | Started puberty. Felt intense discomfort, was bullied for not being feminine. |
13-17 | Felt alienated from womanhood. Had rocky female friendships. Was in a mostly queer friend group that influenced my views on men. |
18 | Went to Planned Parenthood and was prescribed testosterone on the same day after a very short appointment. |
18-20 | Was on testosterone for almost 2 years. Felt invisible and never fully passed. |
20 | Had a "rude awakening," realized I wasn't trans and desperately wanted to be feminine. Stopped testosterone and began to detransition. |
20-21 | Let my body return to its natural hormone levels. Struggled with reversing the masculinization. |
21 | Formally diagnosed with autism. Found solace and understanding in Orthodox Christianity. |
Top Reddit Comments by /u/Ok_Cucumber_2106:
Totally agree with you, I don’t think you can actually support detrans people if you can’t come to terms with the fact that many of us genuinely hated what we put ourselves through and that we genuinely regret our transition and don’t cope by saying it was “part of the journey”. You can’t have any actual useful conversation if you can’t accept that many of the people who went through detransition become critical of gender ideology because of the damage it did to them and not because they hate all trans people now. The transgender ideology movement is so full of toxic positivity it genuinely comes off as delusional, which is why so many people call them that, they don’t see how cannibalistic and backwards they’ve become and then act all surprised pikachu when people start criticizing them and actually pushing back on the horrid “scientific evidence”.
I feel so seen right now lmao, I really hate the informed consent model idc how it makes me look, being freshly 18 walking into that clinic and being given a prescription for male steroids within the span of less than 30 mins after only 3-5 questions is grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Yeah I’ve picked that up from simply looking at the top three posts lol, it’s totally stolen valor imo. People who encourage medical transition after detransitioning and act like having to, for example, get major breast reconstruction if top surgery is regretted, isn’t a big deal because “you got to explore yourself 🌈✨🌟” genuinely have to be insane.
Well yeah we detransitioned for a reason, and every time we talk about it on any other platform that isn’t specifically open to detransition we get attacked for literally just existing. If I had a dollar for every time I simply said “as a detransitioner” and someone said “you know it was your fault it’s your consequence don’t project that onto others”. We have a right to speak about how we were negatively impacted by transition, the same way trans people have a right to talk about how they feel positively about theirs, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling people the very real and true negative consequences of transition. Many of the “sources” given to those who do seek or are curious about transition are incredibly biased and funded by activist groups, those who truly truly want to transition deserve every bit of information they can get and deserve proper ethical advice and support. The modern way of handling people with gender dysphoria is horrific and the consequences to those unethical practices are catching up. I personally do not think a trans lifestyle is healthy for anyone, but if someone truly wants to look into it and gets sound medical advice they deserve much better than what the recent medical standard entails.
You are a legal adult, you can do whatever you want medically or surgically in the U.S if you have the money, the only thing that could be mildly challenging would be the legal sex change. A lot of the “fear” could be coming from the massive fear mongering the trans community perpetuates simply because most Americans want to acknowledge biological sex.
Absolutely, I hope it’s not disrespectful for me to bring religion into this but as I’m learning more about my own spiritual journey and life, Jesus Christ is the ultimate example of true masculinity in Christianity, and He is not a sex craving oppressive misogynist. I believe this attitude towards men in modern society is exactly what is bringing us down and causing so much strife between women and men, and convincing some that they may be the other gender.
I feel so seen by your comment lmao, I feel the exact same way, it’s actually so scary to see people literally recommending permanent life altering procedures for the sake of “experimenting” actually it’s more than scary, it’s imo even demonic. The amount of people with complications literally outweighs those without and you can see that clearly on ftm and mtf surgery subreddits, almost all of them are botched, and many more than we think are left with serious infections and life altering complications. Not only just with the surgery but with the hormones too, the amount of women I’ve seen having to loose their uterus’ because of how damaging testosterone is to the female body is so sad, not only that but complications with vaginal atrophy ect, I’m not even sure which sex has it worse when it comes to bad side effects from cross sex hormones. The fact that they’re promoting this to younger and younger people is actually disgusting and reckless.
The idea that it’s our fault and being constantly berated with that same attitude of “you made the choices” is so tiring and frustrating, I was given T at freshly 18, my mental health was horrific and no one even thought to ask me about that, planned parenthood sat me down for 15 mins asked 5 questions and prescribed me the hormones on the same day, that should be considered medical malpractice and I sincerely hope PP gets sued and shutdown for it. Atleast the gender identity part of it.
Same happened with me, I was coping so hard because I really didn’t want to admit that it truly was a mistake that I actually regret and would’ve been better without.
I didn’t grow resentful at first and I was still pro-trans until I starting seeing so much hate and shit talk about detranstioning and detransitioners. The trans community kept insisting that since I went through transition (T for almost 2 years) that I still wasnt cis and “under the trans umbrella” of course they revoked that idea once I actually started becoming more critical of the evidence and began actually questioning things and looking up the science myself (there is absolutely little to no evidence of transition actually being healthy and consistent long term, if anything there’s more on the opposite end)
Exactly honestly to me it’s akin to affirming someone’s eating disorder and encouraging them to keep their behaviors going instead of actually trying to find a solution. Trans identified people deserve better healthcare all around, this doesn’t mean opening the flood gates for rapid medical intervention, I think the solution is the exact opposite. The medical system is doing them a huge disservice in an attempt to cater to activist groups instead of actually trying to make sure that people are properly diagnosed and treated.
yeah honestly even when I was trans identifying I wasn’t really attracted to trans men, the majority of my attraction was towards biological men. I relate to feeling as though I was so unattractive towards men that I just thought maybe if I tried to be a gay guy then I’d be able to experience gay love the way I thought I liked men, turns out gay men also don’t really like masculinized females.