I generally try to stay out of this thread because it's too heart wrenching, but my fellow Kiwis who have lost somebody close to them and it's affecting you, it may be worth some sort of grief(?) counselling related to losing loved ones to a cult because this shit seems so difficult to deal with; I can't imagine what you must be going through, especially with the knowledge of the type of shit that REALLY goes on within Transgenderism. It frightens me to think someone I love (especially a spouse, child or parent) would lose themselves to this. I really hope your loved ones see the truth in what they are doing to themselves and the people who care about them to get you all out of the nightmare. Sending true and honest thots and prayers.
Speaking as someone who has completely desisted: I used to think calling it a cult was excessive. Now, I can't think of a better descriptor. It took me about 8 years - yes, that long - to realise that I was a teenager getting the wrong answers for very reasonable questions when you're at the age of finding your own identity and explaining why you're not quite like other kids your age. Even then I ended up being alike to r/detrans loons that hang onto the "queer identity" or, rightfully, just a woman with extra steps. It took me 10-11 years to fully,
thoroughly dissolve any amicable view towards modern troondom. And guess what also takes 10-11 years on average to escape? A damn cult.
I can personally tell you that I
did not care that my loved ones felt grief when I was insistent of my identity then. All I could think about was how bitter and backwards they are, and how if they've loved me they would accept me the way I am. There is not a
smidge of guilt that I felt seeing them cry and try to figure out what to do from here. Literally seeing them in tears just made me angry because it felt like they were playing crocodile. I find it a miracle every day that they still love me despite the horrors I must have put them through - and the only bit of physical transitioning I did was cut my hair. Thank fuck.
Vouching for what Littlest Pooner said - if you're seeking some sort of counselling, see one that caters to cults.
Do not mention trannydom unless they happen to be a based kiwi. People brainwashed into it
cannot see why what seems to be literal human rights
to mutilate themselves is unethical. I hope the kiwis whose loved ones sucked into the cult will have their loved ones change their mind one day -- or at least, I hope you find some peace. Just know that it wasn't your fault.