On Regret of Gender Transition

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On Regret of Gender Transition
Transgender Mental Health Blog
By A.B. Kaplan
18 June, 2011


http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/06/18/on-regret-of-gender-transition/


There are some people who undergo a gender transition (either fully or to some extent) and then regret having done so and "de-transition".  This post attempts to explore this phenomenon.

Some reasons why this might occur include:

     The person is not transsexual.  The person may have found by going through their transition that they are not in fact comfortable living in the other gender and that they feel either gender queer or more closely aligned with the natal gender.  Certainly instances of transitions involving surgery might have been prevented if there were a greater attempt to determine this beforehand; however, just like with non-trans issues, we often go ahead with things we think are right for us only to discover that they aren't.  Sometimes the discovery just isn't possible without trying it out.  The 'real life experience' (see WPATH's standards of care) is an attempt to systematize this discovery process before any major surgeries.