QT/Trans: what do you want from others?

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[–]loveSloaneDebate King[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I guess I just feel like, if you’re saying you don’t want being trans to define your life, I’d think a lot of other trans people feel similarly. If you can’t hope to pass, you will always be stuck being visibly trans. I also think that there’s risk to those procedures and repercussions from long term CSH. I don’t think transition works for everyone, I also think there’s a lot of people transitioning that aren’t dysphoric. I just think there should be alternative treatment. I don’t think transition is a for sure way of helping, and lately I’ve been seeing a lot of stories about people who are saying transitioning made them feel worse. I don’t doubt transitioning helped you, I just think it shouldn’t be the only solution or the go to solution.

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When I was paralyzed with dysphoria being trans was still the thing defining my life, because it was still ruling it. Now I’m just ugly and looked at like a freak, compared to what it was like before in my head that’s a big step up.

I’m not saying they’re shouldn’t be oversight to make sure the person is actually dysphoric or anything but transition is the only thing that treats dysphoria. Therapy to treat other things and make sure someone is actually disphoric isn’t something I object to.

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I feel like there’s a few people who frequented the old sub and have popped up here who have dysphoria and haven’t transitioned, there are detransitioners, and many stories of people transitioning and regretting it. There are people who have transitioned themselves and admitted that they don’t think it works for everyone. I don’t doubt that transition helped you. I don’t think it’s accurate to say it’s the only thing that treats it. I think people think it’s the only treatment that works because the treatment exists to begin with, and when you have dysphoria and that option is presented to you, that’s all you’ll consider because it’s literally as close to getting what you want as you can get. I’m not trying to dismiss your experiences. I just think that perpetuating the idea that transitioning is the only way to go is not a good route. There are people who manage their dysphoria without transitioning. But I don’t want to argue with you so I’m fine to just drop it here.