Yes!!!!!! Same
A disturbing aspect of being trans: my need to hide my struggles "Everything's great. Transition saved me. I'm better now" - all while my depression and drinking spiraled out of control As a trans man I couldn't admit to weakness for fear transition would be doubted. So harmful
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I look back on it now and It's so sad. I felt the need to defend something that was harming me, why? Pride? Fear of embarrassment? Fear of being wrong? Whatever the reasons, it's dangerous and I can't stop thinking about how many young people are currently caught in that mindset.
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I detransitioned prior to covid, so it didn't play a factor during my trans days.
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I can relate, my new therapist pointed out something like this can be seen in my notes where I would tell them I was "happy now" over phone check ups but actually when asked further questions I always mentioned still feeling depressed and that things weren't getting much better.
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I do not know much of your story. Only snippits I've seen here. It sounds lile you were not told that mediacal transition might not fix things. Is that accurate?
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Aye, that's accurate. Desistence and detransition/regret were not issues that ever came up during my evaluation.
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Welcome to the patriarchy. Where admission of weakness is terrifying and destructive.
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This is so sad.
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I believe this is a common feature of cults.
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