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- Personal, consistent narrative: The user shares a detailed, first-person story about being autistic, having sensory issues, and how these factors led to a temporary desire to medically transition, which they resisted. This narrative is consistent across posts.
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About me
I'm an autistic woman, and my journey started with the intense sensory discomfort of my first period at 12, which made me obsessed with stopping it. Online communities later convinced me that my dislike for feminine things meant I was a trans man, and it felt like the cool thing to do. Thankfully, my deep fear of medicine and surgery stopped me from taking hormones or having any procedures. I now understand that being a woman isn't about stereotypes, and I can be myself without changing my body. I regret ever getting swept up in the idea and believe the lack of real questioning from therapists is leading many autistic kids like me toward devastating mistakes.
My detransition story
My whole journey with this started when I was a kid. I'm autistic, and that's a huge part of my story. I have a lot of sensory problems and when I get an idea in my head, I obsess over it for months. That’s exactly what happened when I got my first period at 12. The pain, the discomfort, the newness of it all was overwhelming for me. I immediately became obsessed with the idea of getting a hysterectomy. For that whole first week and for a long time after, it was all I could think about. I just wanted it to stop. Looking back, I'm so thankful that back then, doctors weren't giving kids the power to make those kinds of medical decisions. If someone had offered me puberty blockers at that time, I would have taken them in a heartbeat, just to make the discomfort stop.
As I got older, I spent all my time online. I’ve always had a hard time making friends in person, so my whole world was on the internet. I hated all the typical feminine things—dresses, heels, makeup, doing my hair. I even hated having my nails painted because of the heavy feeling on my fingers. Online, in the groups I was in, people told me that since I felt this way, I must be a trans man. They were so sure of it. It felt like the cool thing to do, and a lot of people my age were getting swept up in it. I think for a lot of them, it was a kind of peer pressure, and it's really hard to admit you made a mistake once you've gone down that path. People double down on it because admitting they were wrong is too painful.
I was really lucky because I’ve always had a deep distrust of medicine and big pharma. The idea of surgeries scared me too much. I wouldn't even take SSRIs because I was worried about the side effects. That fear is what saved me from making a huge mistake. I never took hormones or had any surgeries. I never even socially transitioned because I got scared off in time.
Now that I'm older, my views have changed a lot, both politically and religiously. I’ve learned that being a woman isn't about dresses and makeup. A woman can do anything—flip tires, build things, shoot a gun—and it's womanly because a woman is doing it. I can embrace my femininity while still being myself, wearing pants and keeping my nails short. I don't have to change my body to be who I am.
I think the way things are handled now is really dangerous. Therapists are just used as rubber stamps; they don't actually ask the hard questions like "Are you sure?" or "Where did you get this idea from?" They’re not allowed to do their real job, which is to provide mental health care, not just affirm everything. That lack of real therapy is going to lead to a lot of people, especially autistic kids like me, realizing too late that they made a devastating choice. I think it's going to take 30 years for this to really be over, when the kids on puberty blockers grow up and rebel against what was done to them.
I don't regret my transition because I never actually went through with any medical or social steps. But I deeply regret even getting swept up in the idea and coming so close to making a life-altering mistake based on a temporary feeling and online pressure. My discomfort was never about being the wrong gender; it was about autism, sensory issues, and the normal discomfort of puberty.
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 | Got my first period. Experienced intense sensory discomfort and became obsessed with the idea of getting a hysterectomy. |
| Teen Years | Spent most of my time online. Hated traditionally feminine things. Online communities told me this meant I was a trans man. |
| 20 | Realized I could embrace my femininity without conforming to stereotypes. Was thankful I never pursued medical transition due to my fear of medicine and surgery. |
Top Comments by /u/SnooDoughnuts2275:
Woman because of the structure of your belly/waist/hips, when I see your chest and head I question a little but once you get some longer hair i don’t doubt I’d see you as a woman, I’d just think you’re a woman with a flat chest (but I might be biased because I’m naturally flat chested)
It’s so disgusting. And they’re outlawing actual mental health care. The fact these procedures require mental health care for some time is pointless when the therapist has a gun to their head. They use a therapist as a shield to say “see they’re mentally cleared, granted we did threaten to shoot them if they didn’t clear him/her so…” therapists need to be allowed to do their job and be honest, and ask honest questions, it would save so many kids from horrible fates.
Let therapists ask the question “are you sure?” And let them ask where they got the idea from
Ppl in other subs be saying “they didn’t ban them for non-gender-affirmation conditions, this is pure discrimination!”
Lmao that’s just as discriminatory as telling parents they can’t put their kid without cancer on chemo. Drugs like chemo are worth the risk for kids with cancer, not worth the risk just for funsies
Im autistic and have bad sensory problems, i also have a common autistic trait of once i get an idea in my head I run with it and it’s all I think about for days or months. I remember when I got my first period, i believe I was 12, the pain, discomfort and just the new-ness (I wasn’t good with new things either) led me to want to get a hysterectomy. I obsessed about it that entire week of my first period and for proceeding periods after that for about the first year. I’m just thankful at the time doctors weren’t crazy enough to give kids the power to make medical decisions… if someone told me I could’ve paused puberty at that point, I would have completely accepted.
8/10 of those for me. The trans groups online suck so many autistic kids in it’s sad, I spent all of my time online and even to this day all of my friends are virtual because I just can’t make friends for the life of me. I absolutely hate dresses, heels, makeup, doing my hair, even painted/long nails because I hate the heavy feeling it gives my fingers. The groups online said “oh yep you’re totally a trans man”, thankfully I never got too sucked into it because the surgeries scared me too much (I always had a huge distrust for medicine/big pharma, I wouldn’t even take SSRI’s because I was worried about the side effects). I’m glad I was so hesitant otherwise idk where I’d be. Good thing I did because now I’m 20 with all of my body parts and ever since my views have changed (political and religious) I’ve learned I can still embrace my femininity even while wearing pants and blank nails. Contrary to the narrative that transgenderism creates, which is that being womanly is all about “dresses makeup and hair”, literally anything done by a woman can be womanly, because a woman is doing it. A woman flipping tires? That’s womanly. A woman building things? That’s womanly. A woman shooting a gun? That’s womanly.
I was extremely lucky, I know not many others can say that.
There’s a difference between abuse and therapy though. A therapist gently pushing back and asking about why they think they’re the opposite gender isn’t abusive, electrocuting and whipping them is, and is already illegal (although I’d be fine with more laws going in place to make them more enforced)
You asked for brutal honesty, I wouldn’t be so plain if you didn’t, just know I don’t intend on being rude.
The first few seconds you sound like a gay male, as I listened more it was harder to tell and my mind was teetering between male/female, but ultimately on a scale of 1-10, hunky man voice being 1 and light feminine voice being 10, I’d say you’re a 4 or 4.5
How I would gender you, that would be determined on your physical appearance.
It probably will. I suggest you don’t think of it as the man hormone if that’s what holding you back. The fact is bio women have it (granted a lesser amount) and are often low in it themselves! If you indeed have low testosterone and your doc suggests taking testosterone, that means your body needs it to get better. Think of it kinda like Botox, some people take it for legitimate medical problems (incontenece, chronic pain, migraines etc) or it can be used for cosmetic reasons (anti-aging, face injections). While testosterone can be used by some to masculinize themselves, that is NOT the only use of it. Just like lots of people need T to be healthy. Just like vitamins and minerals, your body needs it to function properly. Maybe if it helps, think of it like you’re getting vitamins.
Get your hormone levels tested and if you’re low your doc will probably give you testosterone. That could honestly solve everything. I highly recommend doing that and it’s treatment if warranted before taking ANY steps to even socially transition. It would save you a lot of time, money, and potential mental problems from regret, depression, anxiety etc.
Sadly i don’t think this will be over for another 30 years. I think it’s gonna take these young adults growing up and reaching their 40s and 50s to realize these devastating effects, and the children being put on puberty blockers to become adults and rebel against the bs their parents put them through because of something they said as a child.
Right now the children are in their single digit years, minimum ten years before they can possibly break out of the Münchausen syndrome of their parents and start speaking out.