I'm a female who started transitioning after a sexual assault made me feel disconnected from my body. I thought becoming a man would let me escape my pain, so I took testosterone and had surgery. I now realize my discomfort was from trauma, not my true self, and I regret the permanent changes. I've stopped hormones and am focusing on healing through therapy and outdoor activities. I'm learning to accept my body as it is and move forward.

I started feeling lost as a teenager and found communities online that convinced me I was a boy. My therapist at the time only affirmed this and pushed me toward hormones and surgery instead of helping me with my deeper issues. I later realized my discomfort was really about puberty and mental health problems, which I mistook for being transgender. I now live with permanent changes to my body that I deeply regret. I am finally learning to accept myself as female and address my real problems without the medical interventions.

I started testosterone at 22, believing it was the answer to my deep unhappiness, and I lived as a man for over a decade. The hormones induced severe mania and psychosis, and I became addicted to the high they gave me, which destroyed my mental health and left me isolated. My faith community helped me see I needed to find sanity, and I began to detransition in my mid-30s with the help of antipsychotic medication. I am now 38 and living as a woman again, finally at peace with the dysphoria gone, but I am left with permanent physical damage. I deeply regret transitioning, as I believe it was a trap that exacerbated my mental illness and cost me over a decade of my life.

I'm an older gay man who has watched a huge increase in young people transitioning over the last decade. I believe this is often a social trend that convinces kids uncomfortable with puberty or their sexuality that they were born in the wrong body. I'm deeply worried about the lack of long-term research on medical treatments that can cause permanent harm like infertility. I've seen our gay community's spaces and focus shift dramatically, making honest conversation impossible. Now, I support people who are detransitioning, as they are often shunned after realizing they made a life-altering mistake.

I'm a bisexual man who started creating a female persona to cope with internalized homophobia and confusion. My journey was deeply influenced by severe depression and OCD, which made me doubt my own body and seek validation from others. I now see my experience as a form of escapism from underlying mental health issues that needed proper care, not medicalization. Today, I live happily as a gender-nonconforming man and have found peace through radical self-acceptance and therapy. My most important lesson was learning to validate myself and love the male body I was born with.

I started feeling like I should have been a girl when I was a teenager, and that dysphoria stayed with me for over a decade. I almost medically transitioned because online spaces made it seem like the only answer to my deep depression. I was saved by a friend who pushed me to work on my mental health and build better habits instead. By focusing on self-improvement and tackling my real issues, my dysphoria completely faded away. I'm now a happy, feminine man and I have no desire to change my body anymore.

I started feeling intense anxiety about my female body when I was 15 and became convinced I was meant to be male. Online communities affirmed this and I socially transitioned, but it was just an escape that didn't fix my underlying trauma. I was lucky I never took hormones, and starting therapy helped me uncover how my childhood pain caused me to reject being a girl. I learned my distress was from a need for comfort and safety, not a true male identity. I am now at peace, fully accepting myself as a female and healing from my past.

I’m a man who entered online trans spaces to support my partner, a trans man. I was quickly attacked and banned for asking questions or suggesting people slow down and think about permanent decisions. I noticed many people seemed to be struggling with self-love or being gay, not being trans, and were rushed into medical changes. It breaks my heart to see the permanent damage and regret this causes, especially in young people. I believe we need to care enough to tell the loving truth, not just blindly affirm.

I'm a man who spent 15 years thinking I wanted to be female, starting as a lonely teenager. I now see it was a form of escapism from my anxiety and the pressures of growing up male. Those feelings completely vanished when my life improved with a job, hobbies, and my girlfriend. I believe my discomfort was with puberty and being unhappy, not with being male. I'm now comfortable as a man and see that for many, these thoughts are a symptom of other pain, not a true identity.

I spent over fifteen years following the lives of more than a hundred people who transitioned. I came to see it as a behavioral addiction, where many reached a point of exhaustion and detransitioned after about thirteen years. I saw immense suffering, including deaths and lives ruined, and I believe this is driven by a brain chemistry issue that could be treated. I've watched the medical system in Toronto stop questioning patients and just give them what they ask for, which I find irresponsible. I now believe proper research into alternative treatments would prevent a lifetime of pain and irreversible procedures.

I was born male and transitioned to female very young, living that way for many years. After a long time, I realized it wasn't right for me and I detransitioned back to living as a man in 2004. I've found peace by accepting that I am a blend of both male and female, and I no longer feel dysphoric. While I have permanent health complications from my transition, I don't regret the journey because it led me to who I am today. I'm now focused on building a life beyond gender and helping others who might be questioning their own path.

When I was a teenager, I became anxious and uncomfortable with my body and told my mom I was a girl. She was supportive but cautious, and a therapist at a gender clinic quickly wanted to start me on hormones, which my mom refused. Instead, she found me a therapist who helped me work through my underlying anxiety, which was the real turning point. I now see that my feelings were common teenage struggles, and I’m grateful I was protected from making permanent changes. I’m in a much better place now, living as a woman and focusing on my health and faith.

I'm a male who almost medically transitioned because I felt insecure and didn't fit in as a guy. I confused my social anxiety and a fetish with being trans after spending too much time in online groups. I realized the risks of permanent harm like infertility were too great and that it wasn't the right path for me. I decided to stop and instead focus on learning to love myself as I am. Now, I'm building my life and finding my own way to be a man without changing my body.

I started as a young girl who felt betrayed by my body during puberty, and I found a community online that convinced me I was actually a man. I took testosterone and had surgery, believing it would fix everything, but it only created new health issues and didn't solve my deep anxiety. I now see my discomfort was rooted in low self-esteem, not in being the wrong sex, and I was sold a fantasy that ignored all the risks. I deeply regret the permanent changes, especially losing my fertility, as I was never told the truth about the negative outcomes. I am now living with the irreversible consequences of decisions I made when I was vulnerable and misinformed.

I started taking estrogen I bought online at 21, thinking it was the answer to my unhappiness. I became obsessed with passing, but it only made me more anxious and isolated from everyone. I stopped a year later when I realized I was fighting a losing battle against my own male body. I focused on getting healthy through weightlifting, clean eating, and leaving toxic online spaces. Now I accept that I am male, and my real problems were about my mental health, not my body.

I started watching lesbian porn and began to fetishize the idea of being a woman, believing life would be easier and better. I considered transitioning but decided against it because, as a very tall and masculine man, I knew I wouldn't pass and my conservative background made it difficult. What helped me most was quitting that porn and using mantras to fight the intrusive thoughts that I should be female. I started working out to embrace my masculinity and see the positive power in being a man. Now I'm comfortable in my own skin and realize my desire to transition was based on a fantasy, not reality.

I am a therapist who became concerned about the pressure in my field to only provide one type of care. I felt I couldn't explore my clients' full stories, so I sought out training in neutral, exploratory therapy. This approach allows me to help people look at all the factors in their life that might be influencing their feelings. I believe the current medical path is not evidence-based and that my duty is to do no harm. Now, I am committed to offering a safe, ethical space for people who are questioning.

I was born male and my journey started with a deep hatred for my body during puberty. I transitioned to female, taking hormones and having surgery, believing it was my only escape from being a man. I eventually realized my discomfort was rooted in internalized homophobia and a sexual fantasy, not a true female identity. I regret my transition deeply as it left me infertile and didn't solve my underlying mental health issues. I am now learning to accept myself as a male again after therapy helped me address my real problems.

I started researching male-to-female surgeries out of curiosity after learning about a public figure. I was horrified to discover the brutal reality of severe complications and lifelong pain from these procedures. This research convinced me that these medical interventions are far too destructive, especially for young people. If my child ever questioned their gender, I would prioritize protecting them from permanent changes until adulthood. My journey has been an awakening to what I see as a medical scandal, and my only regret is that so many aren't told the whole truth.

I started reading about this back in the 1980s, and for decades I observed and researched it. I came to believe that for most men, it's a sexual issue that starts after puberty, while for women, it's a serious body dysmorphia driven by the pressures of growing up female. Seeing so many young girls get caught up in this recently is what really alarmed me. Now, my main concern is protecting women's spaces and stopping girls from making permanent decisions based on social pressure. I regret not speaking out sooner to protect young women from what I see as a harmful trend.