No-You-5751
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13h ago
You need to see a counselor or a therapist you can also look at being diagnosed to see if you are actually trans. You sound confused I was to.
OP
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13h ago
Yeah seen a few. First one told me I had agp. Reading Julia helped save me from that diagnosis and believe that agp is nonsense.
Second one told me I was non binary and got me to eventually call myself a women through self id. They were all like good, you just used “as a woman” in your description. You are there.
Did support groups and met with other trans people. We are all good at perpetuating what we want to hear. “Keep going!” “You go girl/boy”. Encouraging each other.
So now I am at this point of still being this giant man but my internal identity has completely shifted. Giant man with a woman’s identity. It’s torture. I feel sorry for people born this way.
It’s no wonder people transition. It feels so terrible to live like this. Thinking about it all the time.
OP
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13h ago
Also personally I think you are trans and just in denial I was to just started hormone therapy.
OP
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12h ago
Yeah it’s tough. I am critical of trans people out of jealousy and fear. Also I get weirded out by some of my trans friends. They give me a feeling of ick. Like a fear of spiders. Especially the ones that are not fully transitioned. I mean that in the most honest way.
Don’t care if I get banned… internal transphobia maybe I’ll get that if I transitioned more? Like ick for myself. That sounds scary
Yes I am transphobic.
•[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/TransLater/comments/1hxvzs1/comment/m6csn7a/']12h ago
Well I can sorta relate but you very well may also not be trans if I were you I would just imagine yourself doing something like an everyday activity like going to the store is that something you can picture yourself doing as a woman or not. Stuff like that helped me.
OP
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12h ago
Done it and enjoyed it. Spent a lot of time recently, new name and wearing dresses and skirts.
But I had to stop because it was blowing my personal life up.
Feels pretty great going through the day in a dress. Plus love a good pair of shoes.
I detranstioned a lot. I’ve become very miserable. Can’t seem to get “him” back
I’m just a shell of a person now. Depressed.
•[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/TransLater/comments/1hxvzs1/comment/m6cwhkp/']12h ago
Well you have to decide in the end are you a woman do you want to live life as a woman or remain a man the choice is yours.
OP
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12h ago
I chose man. I don’t want to lose everything I built.
My kids and wife mean more to me than myself. I’ll suffer for them.
They need me here. In service to them.
•[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/TransLater/comments/1hxvzs1/comment/m6dixb2/']8h ago
I just want to say this: You cannot bring joy to others when you yourself are stuck in a spiral of self loathing.
You won’t be helping your kids and wife like this either.
Kids can tell when parents are unhappy, even if they don’t realize they can tell. This is why it’s always better to divorce than stay together in an unloving relationship, even if you don’t fight.
You’ll be rubbing off on them, and your wife will feel your unhappiness too.
Finally, it sounds shit but like… Dysphoria will break you eventually. Fully.
There’s no choice. It’s transition, or wreck your life. Transition may wreck part of it, but infinitely less than not doing so.
•[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/TransLater/comments/1hxvzs1/comment/m6cxg46/']12h ago
You don’t need to suffer and I understand choosing that especially since you have kids and a wife but you should at least talk to a counselor.
OP
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11h ago
You are right I need to with go back or get a new one again…
I’m pretty ok. You are just seeing deep down inside me right now… bubbling out a little
Been holding in for a few months. So I’m just on here anonymously ranting.
Sorry for using you. I needed to let out words and be heard by someone
OP
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11h ago
Thank you
OP
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11h ago
Thank you for holding my broken heart in your hands
I took time from your life
Bye now
ProgressUnlikely
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12h ago
It sounds like you have a lot of internalized transphobia which is so hard to sift through. Only you can decide how you identify. I recommend checking out Contrapoints video on Autogynophilla to better examine the thinking behind that idea.
OP
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12h ago
Ok thanks! Will watch
Yessss tons of internalized fucked up ness
It makes me such an unpleasant person.
Fun_Tell_7441
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9h ago
Really got me here. I agree with the other commenter regarding the internalized transphobia — your identity isn't an idologic discussion and you're actively harming yourself if you view yourself through the lens of people that hate you for existing.
I hope you find the help you need to accept who you are. All the strength to you.
I_Am_Her95
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8h ago
Best to talk to a therapist. You'll find out that
ForeverUnlicensed
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5h ago
Let me give you an analogy by an imaginery story.
You renovate your bathroom. You put on new tiles on the floor, on the wall, with a cool non-figurative pattern on it. You love it sooo much, as it is new and perfect and looks really cool.
Then one day, while sitting on the toiled, you notice that one tile in a corner was put on wrong, the pattern is upside down.
You didn’t saw it for months, but now, every time you sit on the toilet, you instantly start looking at that single fckin tile, with a bit of disgust and disappointment that it is not as perfect as you thought, and you can never not see it ever again, until you do something about it.
•[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/TransLater/comments/1hxvzs1/comment/m6ej0tf/']3h ago
I’m going to offer an alternate hypothesis. You earlier mentioned a strong sex addiction. As you probably know, the root of addiction is that dopamine reward that one gets from whatever the addictive behavior may be. It’s not so much the nature of the behavior (or drug) but the strength of the reward. And people have swapped one addictive behavior for another. For example, some people who abandon gambling or sex will become hyper religious. Their religious experience itself becomes another source of that dopamine rush.
Put in that context, it’s possible that your sex addiction migrated to cross dressing and is providing the same, intense dopamine rush that sex can provide. At its core, any addiction is behavior seeking to alleviate some level of emotional discomfort. Every addiction, whether it’s a drug or an obsessive behavior, offers momentary relief of that discomfort.
I’d suggest that you read the book “Dopamine Nation”. It’s a very well written, scientifically valid discussion of how the dopamine cycle works in the brain and how people get caught in addictive behaviors.