Why Did Debbie Wish She Never Transitioned?

Why do people attempt to transition from one gender to another? Why do they decide to transition back? Let them explain in their own words! This clip contains excerpts from a longer video, which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDi-jFVBLA8

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Debbie was born a girl, but at the age of 44, almost two decades ago, she sought help to transition from a woman to a man. Debbie underwent a full female to male surgical transition, even having a penis constructed from skin on her forearm. But after multiple procedures, changing her name to Lee, and 17 years on testosterone, Debbie now deeply regrets what has happened. She's decided to detransition. I remember breaking down. It was like, this was a mistake. It should never have happened. But it was like, what do you do about it? You know, how do you go through yet another harrowing transition? What do you do? I've got no hair, I've got a beard, I've had all my body mutilated. How do I go back to being the Debbie that I was?

What are people in your support network telling you that they would have liked to have happened at the time they were making decisions to transition? A lot of these young women feel that they were not in a state that they were able to give consent, because they felt so unwell with eating disorders or depression. This was going to be the thing that made them feel better. They often feel that they didn't follow up intensive therapy as much as they could have to make sure that it was really informed consent and the right path for them. Psychotherapist James Caspian has now spoken to dozens of detransitioners. He has spotted some commonalities. A lot of them will say they've spent a lot of time on social media where they've seen a lot of people who've transitioned, feeling it was very cool, feeling that it was a way to get away from being female. Quite a lot of them seem to have had a very negative experience of being female in a female body, sexual harassment, even abuse. Debbie too believes she transitioned as a way of dealing with the sexual abuse she endured as a child.