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I also had to tell the women I slept with that I didn't have a dick, so, y'know. Not a very male experience Yes, I looked, sounded and acted male, and was therefore treated as male. But I wasn't, would never be, and that was the final nail in the coffin of my transition 3/x
I couldn't just mimic the opposite sex for the rest of my life It's perfectly fine if trans adults want to do that, I'll use your pronouns and all, no worries But we need to acknowledge the truth and tell young dysphoric people what transition really is - an appearance 4/x
You can look the part, but you'll never *be* the part, and it's vital that this is understood. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being trans. There's absolutely everything wrong with reinforcing lies and delusions. 5/5
Hey, I just want to send you tons of hugs, take care.
An important point re: lack of realistic expectations, imo. I once came across an old post by a trans man who described a lingering sense of trauma from his transition, he felt like he fought so hard but "still lost". GICs don't prepare people for it, and it doesn't help anyone.
GICs don't know what the fuck they're talking about because they've been instructed to blindly affirm. They think they're helping by being "nice," but being nice isn't always best. sometimes people need the cold, hard truth. And they're not getting it before it's too late.
It seems like successful transitions occur when internally they already felt completely like the other sex and so when their appearance matched, it felt congruent. You did not have that internal confidence though. Like weight loss, it has to have a satisfying end to be healthy.
But how do you feel completely like the other sex when you weren't born as it? I can totally understand the desire to *be* male, but I never felt completely male because I was born female. The wish and envy is there, but the experience isn't.
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