I was born in 1963. By my teens I was convinced that I was a woman in a man's body. The reasons for this are various, and I'll go into some of them later in this piece, but in the early 1980s, when I first started seeking gender reassignment, all I knew is that I was certain of two things; first, that becoming a woman would end my feelings of alienation from my body, and second, that the world was conspiring against me to prevent it.
“And once I dealt with the root cause, the symptom faded away.“ This is reality and our confused children are being herded into a trans-ideology corral to slaughter their identity by therapists who are not looking for the root causes. Most likely their is some pain from their past and unresolved issues of loneliness or confusion due to spectrum issues which has nothing to do with gender! I remember being depressed as a child and teenager, feeling unloved, feeling inadequate and awkward. It took years of adult therapy to find my root causes - none of which was my fault (early sexual trauma, being bullied, and an angry alcoholic father and then my parents divorce). We all carry baggage from our childhood and some of us carry it around for years, others open the baggage and throw away what doesn't fit us any more. I am in my mid-sixties and I survived because I had therapists who listened, guided me and helped me face and feel my pain. In other words helped me get to the root cause. The injustice that is being done to our children today is horrific - putting a band-aide on their problems of feeling inadequate or confused or awkward and blaming it on being born in the wrong body is beyond comprehension.
Thanks for sharing your story with a 1963 mom who's 2007 daughter is struggling...I believe we've found her a therapist who is looking at the root causes. Hoping we see some light soon.
I had been wondering about a connection I noticed between self consciousness and blaming others on the one hand and gender dysphoria on the other. When you spoke of externalisation it made better sense.
I was born same time as you and I sought psychotherapy in the eighties. And i also found myself thinking that had I been born later, and told my psychologist what I did tell him, I probably would have embarked on an absurdly unnecessary path to physical transition.
Thank you for sharing your story. You are absolutely right that if you were born in 1993, your chances of meeting a therapist willing to help you solve your real problems instead of sending you directly to gender clinics would be zero. These days trans cult has gained so much political and financial power it's impossible to find a medical professional for whom the argument "first, do no harm" overpowers the principle "first, make more money." Fortunately, it looks like, finally, some lawyers have started to recognize that most GD patients are victims of social contagion. Making just a few gender therapists accountable for misdiagnosing would lead to the beginning of the end of the industry that profits by irreversibly mutilating the bodies of emotionally premature children and emotionally vulnerable adults.
Unfortunately, the answer is as long as our politically-correct society would continue complying with rules enforced on us by the trans cult. All these "$$urgeons, endocrinologists, ... psycho-therapists" plus teachers and school counselors are the cult. They brainwash kids into beliefs that when their minds for whatever reason don't fully accept their bodies they have to change bodies and not minds. It's our job to expose their lies. I don't know whether your son is old enough to read this testimonies, but if you can use it to make his therapist to think about the consequences of misdiagnosing and mistreatment, you should use these stories.
Well done. An open, honest and clear account of your struggles. Thank goodness you had a therapist who specialised in childhood trauma and was able to help you overcome your feelings of being alienated from reality. What you have identified is so true, the feelings associated with Gender Dysphoria that you obviously went through, mask the underlying problems that contributed to this problem in the first place.
Bless you man and continue to embrace your real gift of manhood.
Thank you for sharing this insight that all those caught in the web of Satan's lies need to hear, so that, like you, they can be free from the path that leads to death and destruction.
Thank you so much for sharing. My son made the decision to transition shortly after starting college. I later found out that it was the college that was providing him with the hormones. Unfortunately, there was not much we could do as he was eighteen and considered an adult. We need therapists who are willing ask the tough questions! I tried finding a therapist that wouldn't immediately affirm but I couldn't find even one. It's so very sad to see how many lives are being destroyed due to this gender ideology. I pray that the medical community start telling the truth about what is being done to our children and adolescents. This is criminal! Thanks again and may God bless you!!!
"Conversion Therapy that the pro-trans movement wants to ban" is similar to the ban against all therapy about homosexualism.
They have banned the ability of individuals to receive counseling or therapy to avoid unwanted feelings of same-sex attraction, no matter how much the individual wants it!
This is for self-protection of the LGBT Agenda! "We have you in our spider web and we are keeping you there!"
Yes, thank you so much for your bravery. This is an excellent article and I'm pondering wether or not to share it with my daughter. This hits the nail on the head. The voice of detransitioners might just be the game changer for us. Thank you again and may God bless you always.
“And once I dealt with the root cause, the symptom faded away.“ This is reality and our confused children are being herded into a trans-ideology corral to slaughter their identity by therapists who are not looking for the root causes. Most likely their is some pain from their past and unresolved issues of loneliness or confusion due to spectrum issues which has nothing to do with gender! I remember being depressed as a child and teenager, feeling unloved, feeling inadequate and awkward. It took years of adult therapy to find my root causes - none of which was my fault (early sexual trauma, being bullied, and an angry alcoholic father and then my parents divorce). We all carry baggage from our childhood and some of us carry it around for years, others open the baggage and throw away what doesn't fit us any more. I am in my mid-sixties and I survived because I had therapists who listened, guided me and helped me face and feel my pain. In other words helped me get to the root cause. The injustice that is being done to our children today is horrific - putting a band-aide on their problems of feeling inadequate or confused or awkward and blaming it on being born in the wrong body is beyond comprehension.
Thanks for sharing your story with a 1963 mom who's 2007 daughter is struggling...I believe we've found her a therapist who is looking at the root causes. Hoping we see some light soon.
I had been wondering about a connection I noticed between self consciousness and blaming others on the one hand and gender dysphoria on the other. When you spoke of externalisation it made better sense.
I was born same time as you and I sought psychotherapy in the eighties. And i also found myself thinking that had I been born later, and told my psychologist what I did tell him, I probably would have embarked on an absurdly unnecessary path to physical transition.
Thank you for sharing your story. You are absolutely right that if you were born in 1993, your chances of meeting a therapist willing to help you solve your real problems instead of sending you directly to gender clinics would be zero. These days trans cult has gained so much political and financial power it's impossible to find a medical professional for whom the argument "first, do no harm" overpowers the principle "first, make more money." Fortunately, it looks like, finally, some lawyers have started to recognize that most GD patients are victims of social contagion. Making just a few gender therapists accountable for misdiagnosing would lead to the beginning of the end of the industry that profits by irreversibly mutilating the bodies of emotionally premature children and emotionally vulnerable adults.
Thank you for this testimony.
Why don't the so-called "experts" listen to your experience?
Why are the $$urgeons, endocrinologists and above all the psycho-therapists captured and deluded?
Our society is perpetrating massive harms on the bodies of our youth. My own son included among them. How long can this collective delusion persist?
Unfortunately, the answer is as long as our politically-correct society would continue complying with rules enforced on us by the trans cult. All these "$$urgeons, endocrinologists, ... psycho-therapists" plus teachers and school counselors are the cult. They brainwash kids into beliefs that when their minds for whatever reason don't fully accept their bodies they have to change bodies and not minds. It's our job to expose their lies. I don't know whether your son is old enough to read this testimonies, but if you can use it to make his therapist to think about the consequences of misdiagnosing and mistreatment, you should use these stories.
Well done. An open, honest and clear account of your struggles. Thank goodness you had a therapist who specialised in childhood trauma and was able to help you overcome your feelings of being alienated from reality. What you have identified is so true, the feelings associated with Gender Dysphoria that you obviously went through, mask the underlying problems that contributed to this problem in the first place.
Bless you man and continue to embrace your real gift of manhood.
That was so helpful and encouraging. Thank you!
Thank you, this is so insightful and helps me to understand.
Thank you for sharing this insight that all those caught in the web of Satan's lies need to hear, so that, like you, they can be free from the path that leads to death and destruction.
Thank you fir sharing!
And thank God you had a therapist who looked deeper for the cause.
Thank you
Thank you. - LM
Thank you so much for sharing. My son made the decision to transition shortly after starting college. I later found out that it was the college that was providing him with the hormones. Unfortunately, there was not much we could do as he was eighteen and considered an adult. We need therapists who are willing ask the tough questions! I tried finding a therapist that wouldn't immediately affirm but I couldn't find even one. It's so very sad to see how many lives are being destroyed due to this gender ideology. I pray that the medical community start telling the truth about what is being done to our children and adolescents. This is criminal! Thanks again and may God bless you!!!
Thanks for sharing your story.
"Conversion Therapy that the pro-trans movement wants to ban" is similar to the ban against all therapy about homosexualism.
They have banned the ability of individuals to receive counseling or therapy to avoid unwanted feelings of same-sex attraction, no matter how much the individual wants it!
This is for self-protection of the LGBT Agenda! "We have you in our spider web and we are keeping you there!"
Yes, thank you so much for your bravery. This is an excellent article and I'm pondering wether or not to share it with my daughter. This hits the nail on the head. The voice of detransitioners might just be the game changer for us. Thank you again and may God bless you always.