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About me
I started transitioning because I was deeply uncomfortable with myself and thought becoming someone else would fix everything. I took testosterone for years and now I’m left with permanent changes I deeply regret, like my lowered voice. I see now that it was a medical misadventure and a form of escapism from dealing with my real issues. I feel the medical system failed me by not helping me explore my underlying pain first. Now, I'm slowly learning to accept myself as the female I am and to date the person I was always meant to be.
My detransition story
My whole journey with this started because I had no idea who I was. I was deeply uncomfortable with myself and had very low self-esteem. I think a big part of it was that I saw traits in myself that reminded me of my mother, whom I hated, and I wanted to run away from being anything like her. I transitioned because this other identity was something I could just pull off the shelf and get immediate approval for. The community had already decided on all the beliefs and political opinions, so I didn't have to think for myself and risk being wrong or rejected. It was a form of escapism.
I ended up taking testosterone. I was on it for years. I deeply regret the permanent changes it caused. I have a permanently lowered voice and experienced bottom growth. I feel a lot of anxiety now about the long-term health risks, like potentially developing cancer later in life from being on these hormones. I wasted so much money and years of my life living in what I now see as a delusion, when I could have been working on healthy goals and finding out who I really am.
I don't believe anyone is born in the wrong body. I think babies aren't born hating their sex; that's something conditioned through life experiences. For me, transitioning was a medical misdiagnosis, a mistake that should never have happened. I see it as similar to playing Russian roulette; I dodged some of the worst bullets, but that doesn't mean it's a game others should play. Pills and surgery aren't toys to figure yourself out with.
My thoughts on gender are that it's not something you can decide. It's determined. The idea that you can become the opposite sex is a delusion. I believe we need to help people accept themselves as they are, without going through harmful and irreversible procedures. I benefited greatly from non-affirming therapy, specifically from organizations like Therapy First, which helped me explore the underlying reasons for my feelings without just affirming a transgender identity.
I have serious regrets about my transition. The physical changes are a constant reminder of a time when I was lost. I feel like the medical system failed me by not providing the proper care and exploration I needed. My journey now is about dating myself, getting to know who I am slowly, with patience, and accepting the parts of myself I used to reject.
Here is a timeline of my journey based on what I remember:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| Late Teens | Began feeling intense discomfort with myself and started exploring gender identity online. |
| 20 | Started identifying as transgender and began socially transitioning. |
| 21 | Started taking testosterone. |
| Mid-Late 20s | Lived as a transgender man for several years. |
| 29 | Began to question my transition after finding non-affirming therapy resources. |
| 30 | Stopped testosterone and began the process of detransitioning. |
Top Comments by /u/ahinrichsen84:
I think you should tell your story to management and co workers. Why should trans people get support and visibility while detrans are ignored and harassed? People need to know both sides, and I think seeing it up close and personal, they are more likely to be sympathetic.
Democrats are fed by big pharma. Republicans are fed by big oil/guns. Each party selects its key issues based on how it will drum up business for their respective sponsors.
In this case, I blame the trans advocates and Big Pharma. These decisions that divided the country were made under pressure by advocate groups, not because of diligent science, as we all know.
I troll some of the trans reddit and see people literally posting instructions on how to make it at home meth-lab style, and their comments are not removed. Funny how selective they are at enforcing their own rules. Perhaps we should start reporting them to the authorities? Although I'm not sure who would investigate...
This is literally the new opioid epidemic... big pharma just won't learn.
There is 50 years' worth of research on the harms of anabolic steriod use, hence why it's illegal. There's a large correlation between T use and developing psychiatric symptoms like mania and depression.
Vaginally atrophy, bottom growth, hypertension, stroke, osteopenia, liver disease, kidney disease, etc. Those are the ones I can think of off hand.
I knew one detrans female that developed urinary incontinence in her 30s due to pelvic muscle atrophy.
Just Google "dangers of steroid abuse in women" and I'm sure you'll find a lot.
I know you don't regret it, but I wish you had found appropriate therapy before you did permanent damage to your body. Transitioning was not necessary to find yourself. These answers can come with introspection, proper guidance, and time. I'm glad you've found yourself and hope you use your experience to guide others appropriately.
The ACLU in all their wisdom plans on scraping gender identity and replace the term with sex next year. They are now going to try to refine biological sex so that transitioned people can legitimately make this claim.
Another round of redefine-everything -to -mean- what -you -want -it- to- mean-to-prove-yourself-right.
This shit is about to get even crazier.....
AGPs do NOT have good reputations in any feminist circles I've been in, which tend to be Terf leaning. Autosexuality is classic narcissism, so I'm not surprised they've manipulated people into believing their innocent. I'm sure there are a few nice ones, but any stats I've read have them as being very narcissist and sociopathic.
There are differences in male and female brains, but there are a lot of variations, and these variations exist in the general population. It is not definitive of a trans brain.
Also, I know one of those studies cited the difference in hippocampus size, but that difference disappeared when homosexuality was controlled for.
I can confirm these studies and am aware of several.
I also agree that, if this wasn't such a power struggle, the world would "regress to the norm" where we can see the disorder for what it is. I would like to believe that once the long-term medical complications become well known, it will fall out of fashion. But this isn't about reason or trans. It's about power. As long as "trans is beautiful" and people think of them as innocent victims, they have power, and those aligned with them aren't about to let common sense get in their way of their access to power.
The problem isn't so much trans people, but with the general population who need to idealize and worship them. They've literally become the new Jesus - all perfect, all benevolent scapegoated by the evil system. They are playing a role in people's psychological healing process by being the object-ideal that the world projects themselves into.
They also offer politicians an easy tokenism opportunity. Non-profits also cash in on lucrative government grants to cater to this population. They are literally a cash cow.
Then you have the queer theorist who are using the trans people in their power grab, hoping to further solidify their regressive gender and sexuality politics into the norms of society.
The trans movement isn't about trans - everyone has weaved their initiatives into this this too strongly to let reason and common sense take hold.
I wish I could be more optimistic, but I see the average critical thinking abilities in our society, and it makes me feel pretty hopeless.
But you did harm yourself...and you were never a man and never could be. This truth is apparent and was never hidden -- you just needed to be brought to a place where you accepted yourself as you are. Our system failed to provide you with the care you needed to bring you to that place safely. People shouldn't have to transition to find themselves.
For example --- I do not believe that it is appropriate for people who believe themselves to be amputees to have to amputate their limbs to discover that they are really not amputees. I believe we need to put all our resources into finding ways to help people accept themselves as they are without going through harmful procedures.