I struggled with gender dysphoria in 2009 when I was 17. I chose the name Aaron for myself. I was desperate for HRT, surgery, the works.
A swift removal of my internet access led to my dysphoria gradually disappearing over the space of a month.
Ask me anything.
Q. Who removed your internet access?
A. It was my mother when she kicked me out of the house and I went to live with my dad who didn’t have an internet connection. Smartphones weren’t a thing then so I had no access to the internet at his house whatsoever.
Q. How long has it been since you last felt dysphoric?
A. Honestly? Last week sometime. But the interesting thing is, between 2010 and 2023 it rarely happened. Not very often at all. Now that I’m being exposed to this stuff on the daily, it happens more often. Which to me is just proof of social contagion. Though the Tr&ns people would say I’m just Tr&ns and in denial - I am not.
It’s one of several reasons why you won’t see me posting about tr&ns-identified females much. It’s self protection. I see these tr&nsitioned women with their bre&sts cut off and their voices deep from T and I’m like yoooo I could still do that.
Then I put my phone down and give my head a wobble until I get those stupid thoughts out of my head.