An unpleasant article caused great controversy in furry fandom claims all sexually motivated furries are autozoophiles.

The "Furry" Phenomenon: Characterizing Sexual Orientation, Sexual Motivation, and Erotic Target Identity Inversions in Male Furr

I considered it a BS until I discovered my AGP thing. Developing a fursona or ‘femsona’ is an escapism to my miserable real life. Sex is a strong motivator to the bounding of the imaginary self image.

Edit: And there’s a group of people called therian. They are like extreme furries who are eager to live as the animal image in their heart. And some of them cries for ‘species dysphoria’. I believe these people are highly romantically related to their fursona rather than sexually .

So I assume you are initially androgynous and don’t need medical aids to presenting feminine? After you socially transitioned change the pronoun or something you feel it wrong and step back as a androgynous male again? And I’m a bit curious of ever you have medically transitioned.

If so, you surely fit into the definition of detrans and should be welcomed. If you can switch boyish and girlish look smoothly, maybe the gender identity is more idealistic to you. Please point out anything I said inaccurate or offensive. The problem is most people here are struggling with the side effects of medical transition, regretting manipulating hormones to just get your look etc. The ‘would be fun’ presentation is quite ambiguous and make people think you are a troll.

And don’t forget about the conservatives: Wow I know you would be ‘normal’ again. I have been knowing the conversion would work. You finally realized standing with us is much better than with these ‘weirdos’.

Heck no! Seems no any group sincerely wants to help. They just projecting their own obsession to other people. In general arrogant people are all homogeneous no matter how they regard transition.

I don’t think a dream is any kind of prediction. It just means what you are obsessed now.

I had once a time being in a same situation like you. Before trying transition I crazily questioned I might be trans. After doing it I questioned I may be not. I had both nightmares about transition and detrans. I wonder ever I had dysphoria because the discomforts of being socially a man never happens until I have known what dysphoria is. The whole thing was like somewhat self-suggestion.

Just distract from thinking of it for a while. Have regular socialization. Hang out with your old friends. If you are perfectly ok socializing with your old identity, you will be fine not being a trans. Feeling it is better than these stupid questions.

That’s why his study controversial. Link a group he doesn’t fully understand to a highly stigmatized term while claiming not. His participants are not aroused by real animals.

I think the point he’s emphasizing is furries and AGP originate from the same ‘auto’ energy and used an awfully wrong word. We get a complex reliance to our imaginary alternative self-image including sex, companionship, and emotional support. This feeling is from the target we adore and lust but somehow immersed with our own body image.

I don’t think sissy is the exactly same as AGP. Autogynephilia is a big controversial term to describe all kinds of arousal and romantic attractions being feminine. The most tricky part of this paraphilia is, your personal view of womanhood will reflect right back to yourself. If you believe being degraded is a vital part of being woman, your misogyny will reflect directly back to yourself through autogynephilia, aka being humiliated as a sissy. Which is, not a real state of woman. I don’t agree AGP is purely misogynistic but the degradation type is. Crossdressing is another.

You may need to find a balance between your sexual fantasies and the real world. A precise point of temporary being your ideal girl and can disengage easily. I know people who suffered from AGP from their early lives. But come on! Three months of porn and grooming from 4chan can’t be like that. If you don’t want transition you will never do that. Talk to your therapist, talk about the porn messing you up, talk about crossdressing and everything related. If anything you disagree just bring it up, you paid for your doubt, not for a transition.

Edit: searched on Quora and I am sure there are woman into sissies… mostly for a humiliation and don’t think too much about misogyny. They just want to screw their boyfriends no matter how.

Just kidding. I feel better as a crossdresser. There is the third way to get along with AGP.

Sometimes I feel like I was always in a black white thinking. Which is unhealthy. There is never a transition or not critical choice. I have my way and my temporary cross gender transformation super power.

Despite of intentionally distorted data, or faulty static methods, I wonder spreading these suicidal rates relates to copycat suicide. These tempting results should avoid to be shown directly to people who’s on the fence.

I noticed in my local trans community preparing barium chloride for committing suicide is popular. That’s really odd because everyone preferred the identical poison. That can’t be explained unless the copycat suicide widely exists. Actually informing of suicidal rate may do the opposite to prevent suicide.

A hug with lots of empathy, my friend. Your experience is so familiar to me. I had HRT for six month but I felt I got the body I desired badly for a long time doesn’t natural to me. Every time I wanted to dress more feminine and go outside the imposter syndrome is definitely torturing. I thought I was just not passable enough to have the confidence and should wait for more time. I had nightmares of me shouting to myself you are a man and you know it’s the fact how could you persuade others if you don’t pass on yourself etc, while knowing the fact that I’m a male everyday is killing me inside.

I was highly depressive and alcoholic before transitioning. That was hurtful. I stopped drinking during HRT due to medical requests but I started drinking lately again. However the estrogen was the most effective medicine to make me feel pleasant again, even better than SSRIs -of course if my transition is a sexual thing because indulging into romance or sex is the strongest dopamine rush I can naturally get. I don’t think you have to relay on drugs to get over it. If you doubt having real mental issues like me and transition is just another cope, get a prescription from a psychiatrist. All physical changes except for nipples are going to vanish for not over two month, accordingly.

it is not comparable to the porn industry at all

I personally don’t think that sexual objectifications by women to men is a problem at all

True. Like I said these fantasies/objections itself are ok. The major problem is most men have no awareness to distinguish sexual fantasies and reality. They don’t even want to, because the overall power of discourse is held by men. That’s where the unfairness lies but not men’s are sexual beings. Human are all sexual beings.