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The user's posts are highly personal, emotionally consistent, and detail a specific narrative of desisting after a religious awakening. The language is natural, with varied sentence structure, personal anecdotes, and direct engagement with other users' content (e.g., complimenting their art). The passion and focus on religious themes align with known detransitioner/desister perspectives, especially those who find solace in conservative or faith-based communities.
About me
I started feeling uncomfortable with my body as a teenager and thought my depression and low self-esteem meant I was born the wrong gender. I identified as a trans man and tried to change my appearance, believing it would solve all my problems. A spiritual awakening made me realize I was using transition to escape my deeper pain. I stopped pursuing hormones and began to accept myself as the male I was born. I am now genuinely at peace, having found my worth in faith instead of a new identity.
My detransition story
My journey with gender started when I was a teenager. I was really struggling with a lot of things—depression, trauma, and a very low self-esteem. I felt uncomfortable with my body, especially during puberty, and I started to believe that these feelings meant I was born the wrong gender. I thought that if I could just change my outside to match how I felt on the inside, all my other problems would go away. I was heavily influenced by what I saw online and by friends who were also exploring their identities.
I began to identify as non-binary first, and then later as a trans man. I tried my best to "pass" by shaving, using makeup sometimes, and wearing padded bras to hide my chest, which I hated. I was on waiting lists for hormone therapy (HRT) for a long time, but I was never actually able to start taking testosterone. I never had any surgeries.
Looking back, I now see that my desire to transition was a form of escapism. I was trying to run away from my deep-seated pain and mental health struggles by creating a completely new identity. I was also dealing with internalized issues that made it difficult to accept myself as I was.
The turning point for me was when I found faith. I had been carrying so much guilt and burden, thinking I had to handle everything on my own. When I asked Jesus into my life, everything changed. He gave me new desires and a new perspective. I realized that God did not make a mistake when He made me male. This was a huge revelation for me. I came to understand that my worth isn't defined by labels or by how well I fit into a certain image. I was trying to live by my own "personal truth," but what I needed was to trust in a truth bigger than myself.
This spiritual awakening helped me see that my dysphoria was rooted in other problems. I stopped seeing myself as transgender and began the process of detransitioning, which for me meant stopping the pursuit of medical transition and embracing the body I was born with. It was incredibly freeing to let go of the constant anxiety about "passing" and the shame I felt when I didn't meet those standards. My happiness now is genuine; the photos of me smiling are real because that heavy weight is gone.
I don't regret exploring transition because it led me to where I am now, but I do regret that I was so misguided and that I didn't get the right kind of help sooner. I benefited greatly from stepping away from affirming therapy and instead finding solace in my faith. I believe the ideals surrounding gender can be very harmful to young and vulnerable people, and I pray for anyone still struggling.
I am now at peace, living as the man God created me to be.
Here is a timeline of my journey:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 14 | Began experiencing significant puberty discomfort, depression, and low self-esteem. |
| 16 | Started identifying as non-binary, influenced by online communities and friends. |
| 17 | Socially transitioned to living as a trans man. |
| 18-20 | Attempted to medically transition; was on HRT waiting lists but never started hormones. |
| 21 | Underwent a profound religious awakening and began to detransition. |
| 22 | Found peace and acceptance as a male, free from gender dysphoria. |
Top Comments by /u/Puzzleheaded_Whole12:
Also Ive seen a lot of your other comments towards people and.. look I disagree with the transgender agenda especially since I'm now a Christian and It is against God's perfect design. So in no way would I want to promote it or encourage it. However the way you've been going about talking to people struggling with this issue will not do them any good and it seems like it comes from a place of anger or resentment from you. I can't speak for you cause I don't know your experience and I do know that you're well within your rights to disagree with people and not want to feed their delusion that they were "born the wrong gender."
However your seemingly backhanded comments and degrading demeanor won't help change their minds or lead them towards the right path. You got to understand that these people are hurting and the two worst things you could do is first, encourage their behavior and second, to intentionally try to insult them or anything of that nature; because at the end of the day they're just a hearting heart searching for answers and the thing they need more than anything is love, patience and guidance towards truth. So I think if your intentions really are to get these people to turn away from their confused identity then you should approach it with kindness and lifting words. They might get offended at the truth but the truth doesn't have to be presented in a demeaning way just have patience and love behind your intentions if that's really the purpose behind your comments.
Anyways thanks for reading this if you did. Jesus loves you and I hope you have a blessed day or night🙏
It's nice to be free of fitting into an image, and not having to feel shame for everything that "doesn't pass." Not being defined by labels or people, just being the you that God created you to be is so freeing and peaceful once you can come to terms with it.
Yes it's such a good feeling finding out that God didn't make a mistake in making me a male, it's very nice to know how much I'm loved without the shame and guilt of dysphoria and from therapists trying to enable and feed my misguided thoughts. Thanks for your comment and hope you have a blessed day :))🙏
You'll be in my prayers man, whatever is weighing on you to post these comments that I know have an alterier motive behind it to invoke a negative reaction, I pray that whatever hurt or stress is playing a role in that will be lifted from you and that you may receive a more peaceful and unburdened attitude in your life and that God could work in your life. I'm not mad, but I can tell that your attitude is coming from hurt and I don't want that for you or anyone for that matter so I will keep you in my prayers🙏 have a good life man, enjoy it, let God's love work miracles in your life, enjoy the joy, time and love you get to share with your kids, don't spend your precious life chasing thrills and conflicts on the Internet and live with purpose and passion. Jesus loves you!!!
Thank you VERY MUCH :))) I appreciate your positivity and kind comment, the ideals surrounding gender are extremely dangerous and harmful to young and or vulnerable minds more and more nowadays and I'm glad to be on the other side of it now, I just pray for anyone still struggling with dysphoria and a warped self image. Thanks for your comment and may God bless you 🙏
Yeah my happiness in photos now has definitely become more genuine without such a big weight always being carried around with me. Glad to hear you've had a similar experience and hope your also smiling much bigger now and doing well :)) thanks for your comment and have a blessed day 🙏
Thanks man appreciate that. Decided to live by Jesus's nature instead of my own because I am too flawed to see how deep my faults go and needed a true truth that I could trust in. Once I asked him to enter my life he gave my heart new desires that were of his purposes and not mine, cause I think a lot of people too often rather than not live for "themselves" and their "personal truth" when all God wants is our love, cause once you love him there isn't anyone who your own love cant reach. There's much hope for you as well, and you'll make it through this journey man!! Jesus loves you🙏
Thank you for noticing the changes and taking your time to write the kind comment.smiles are definitely more authentic now for sure :)) ALSO unrelated but I checked your page and I REALLY like your art, I'm an artist myself in need of some new artist friends so if you wanna chat it up sometime feel free to DM me. ANYWAYS thank you and God bless you, hope your day/night is wonderful 🙏
Thank you, I really appreciate that :)) and also thank you for checking out my drawings, it's very nice when those get noticed!! Jesus is so good to us and has helped me all the way through my journey and I pray he is there along with you for yours as well🙏God bless and have a really amazing day!!
Yeah I actually did have spaces between paragraphs but for some reason they didn't transfer into the post😞 And thank you very much, I give all the glory and credit to God! And I pray for many blessings in your life aswell and am so happy to hear you've healed from those things, that's awesome! Thank you for your nice comment and may God bless you🙏🏽