Transition,surgery and attachment

[Lilis]

Hello
So i started my transition in 2011 , had my hormones back then but strugled getting to surgery , i have a date for it 16 may of this year (2025).can transition and getting to surgery be seen as a sort of
attachment ? Should i detach from surgery ? And i want a sexuality but is the vow of celibacy not for me then ?i want to finaly get to surgery but isnt that an attachment ?

In many Buddhist traditions, the "watcher" or "noticer" is considered to have no inherent substance of its own. It is pure awareness, simply the act of noticing without attachment, preference, or identification.

Because it is nothing in itself, it cannot suffer.

Suffering arises when awareness becomes entangled with thoughts, emotions, and identities.

Now this is extremely powerful if you are able to achieve it.

But, I can not help you or guide you, because I am not qualify, I would suggest to try again in the Buddhism sub and hopefully someone else more qualified can help guide you there.

I wish you the best in your journey.



~ Lilis

[Sosophia]

Hi
Sorry if i didnt answer anything , i dont know what to answer

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[Tills]

I will be seeing a nurse before surgery to tell me what to do as aftercare
I put it in buddhism because i wanted others point of view on attachment to transition,hrt,srs.

Greetings Sosophia.

The idea that pursuing surgery is a form of attachment is an interesting one but, if I may say, a bit of leap away from what the Buddha taught? Surgical transition didn't exist as an option back in his day so we only have the principles that he taught. Might one not say that, in fact, clinging on to your old, and incorrect, body form is a considerable attachment?

My understanding of Buddhist teachings would suggest that extreme asceticism in the form of self-punishment does not conform to the Middle Way. If you are liberating yourself from entrapment by being reborn in your new body then, providing you don't cling to it, I'd have thought that was perfectly acceptable within Buddhist principles. There are, after all, many women who have transitioned gender in Buddhist countries. Partly because they are so non-judgemental and accepting.

I wish you all the best with your journey, fellow traveller.