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CASTRATION ANXIETY (WARNING, MAY BE SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC)

Started by FreshGuy, February 12, 2013, 07:29:33 AM

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FreshGuy

Hey,

I was just wondering if fear of castration is any indicator to transsexualism or one of the early stages.

This first started a few years ago when I read that there is a disease that makes men randomly cut their penis off (just typing that feels me with anxiety :( ) then I worried about it for a few days then I worried about it every few months and then stopped worrying.

Then last year I watched a movie where a girl pretends to castrate a man and watching it made me feel really anxious and scared and I couldn't look at the screen the whole time.

Since I started worrying I was a transsexual in April last year I started worrying that I might lose control around scissors or knives and mutilate myself.

Thinking about this is making me anxious. I just tried googling but I couldn't find much useful information, I read about one guy who had a fascination with it / fear but I couldn't read it all and it made me feel a bit sick so I thought I would ask on here.

Is it a stage in transsexualism that you went with or if you have had the op, was it something you wanted rather than something you feared would happen?

I also saw in the news about the lady who cut off her boyfriend's penis cos she was mad at him. Typing this is making me feel really sick.

Please don't be too graphic in your responses, I don't expect any of you will but I don't want to make my fear worse.

Thank you,

FreshGuy
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Seras

You do realise pretty much none of your posts make sense right?
No, I do not think many transexuals are going to be particularly scared of this.

Just the same as several of the other things you have said in other topics are not the sort of thing a transgendered person is going to be worried about.

Why do you think a person who probably wants SRS surgery be scared of this?

PS Do not put your topic title in all caps  ::)
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Sadie

Losing my penis to anything other than a skilled surgeon altering it into a vagina is not something I would want to happen.  However, no I have never had any overriding fear of losing my penis or testicles to the SRS surgery.  I want it to happen.
Sadie
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blueconstancy

I don't know if this will help at all, but my wife forgot until the second day post-op that it had happened. :) She was so thrilled by her new equipment that the fact that only one thing (well, two!) was "discarded" in the operation wasn't even a priority. From what everyone at the residence said, that was typical; loss of testicles was relevant only when someone was delighted to be able to quit anti-androgens/be safe from testosterone.

Honestly, I have an obsessive sort of anxiety disorder, and your posts read like that to me - as if the question isn't so much about being trans as that you've fixated on a particular worry. It sucks to fixate like that (been there), and I hope that whatever is causing your obsession, you can find relief. :(
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Zumbagirl

I can remember doing my genital electrolysis and one day the electrologist was discussing with me the way they would do the dissection and surgery and it put a smile on my face because I knew I was going to be able to get my surgery. It turns that this electrologist knew a great deal about srs surgery. I just know I was happy as hell when I was being wheeled into the operation room and even happier once it was done. That's my experience.
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FreshGuy

Quote from: blueconstancy on February 12, 2013, 09:44:36 AM
I don't know if this will help at all, but my wife forgot until the second day post-op that it had happened. :) She was so thrilled by her new equipment that the fact that only one thing (well, two!) was "discarded" in the operation wasn't even a priority. From what everyone at the residence said, that was typical; loss of testicles was relevant only when someone was delighted to be able to quit anti-androgens/be safe from testosterone.

Honestly, I have an obsessive sort of anxiety disorder, and your posts read like that to me - as if the question isn't so much about being trans as that you've fixated on a particular worry. It sucks to fixate like that (been there), and I hope that whatever is causing your obsession, you can find relief. :(

Thanks for your reply. I really don't want to lose my penis though, I don't think I would be happy post-op. yeah, I was diagnosed with OCD after my trans obsession started last year but recently I started thinking that maybe I was trans rather than somebody obsessed with it and the CBT lady wouldn't treat me, she basically said that sometimes problems just get better by themself :s and she said she didn't specialise on obsessions, only physical rituals so she couldn't treat me. This led me to think she was covering up me being trans or that she didn't wanna say it directly or something. She recommended a book on obsessional thinking but I really think I need to talk this out with a therapist, not just a book.
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FreshGuy

Quote from: Zumbagirl on February 12, 2013, 10:07:27 AM
I can remember doing my genital electrolysis and one day the electrologist was discussing with me the way they would do the dissection and surgery and it put a smile on my face because I knew I was going to be able to get my surgery. It turns that this electrologist knew a great deal about srs surgery. I just know I was happy as hell when I was being wheeled into the operation room and even happier once it was done. That's my experience.

Thanks for sharing your experience! I am glad that you have found happiness :)

I do not thinking the operation would bring me happiness though, thinking about having it done makes me unhappy
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Heather

What makes you think your tran's? You seem to like having a penis and you like being a guy. From what I've read in your other posts. Do I have a fear of castration? Um no! I look forward to the day when I no longer have a penis! Does the surgery scare oh yes! But the thought of any surgery scares me.
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blueconstancy

Honestly, it does not surprise me at all that you were diagnosed with OCD. What you are saying here - particularly that you do NOT want to lose your penis and would not be happy post-op - suggests that you do indeed have a problem with obsessive thinking. And here's an idea: try treating that first. If you are trans (and nobody can say if you are!), that'll still be there when you're done, and you can address it then. If you're not, treating OCD will make the trans worries evaporate.

My wife is actually one of those who realized in her 30s that she wanted to transition, and had no idea beforehand. The thing is, she *wanted* to transition, once she knew. She wasn't scared of it, and it didn't traumatize her or give her nightmares.
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MaidofOrleans

FreshGuy from looking at this post and your other posts....

I am going to say that you have other issues you need to look at before even considering you might be trans.
"For transpeople, using the right pronoun is NOT simply a 'political correctness' issue. It's core to the entire struggle transpeople go through. Using the wrong pronoun means 'I don't recognize you as who you are.' It means 'I think you're confused, delusional, or mentally I'll.'. It means 'you're not important enough for me to acknowledge your struggle.'"
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Beth Andrea

I think most men are afraid of losing their "junk." I remember before I came out to myself, when SRS was discussed (always from the ignorant POV of, "they'll just have it cut off!"), it made everyone cringe at the thought...and the idea of even watching a show about it was unthinkable.

It's ok to be non-op TS. There are many reasons why someone would chose to not go "all the way", even if money was no object.

Eta: And I concur with the other views here...if you have any mental health issues, address those first before embarking on transition.

:)
...I think for most of us it is a futile effort to try and put this genie back in the bottle once she has tasted freedom...

--read in a Tessa James post 1/16/2017
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FreshGuy

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Princess Rachel

I spent ages 4 to 12 praying all my unwanted bits would magically drop off
I spent ages 13 to 25 activly trying to cut them off one way or another
I spent ages 26 to 35 in denial that they were there
and I spent age 36 to now actively trying to get them cut the hell off and get the correct lady bits installed


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Beth Andrea

QuoteI think most men are afraid of losing their "junk."

I want to be sure you understand Im not saying you're a man...but if you've lived your life suppressing your (presumable) "true" self, there will be a LOT of male mannerisms and thought-processes you'll have to rid yourself of...

When I first started transitioning, I just wanted to feminize my body a little, to get rid of the dysphoria...but for every little bit I did, more dysphoria presented. By the time I'd gone thru the therapy and all, I was damn ready for SRS.

:)
...I think for most of us it is a futile effort to try and put this genie back in the bottle once she has tasted freedom...

--read in a Tessa James post 1/16/2017
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Jayr

Quote from: MaidofOrleans on February 12, 2013, 11:18:22 AM
FreshGuy from looking at this post and your other posts....

I am going to say that you have other issues you need to look at before even considering you might be trans.

This made me bust out laughing :icon_weee:
I'm sorry.





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Keaira

Just glancing at your posts I think you have other issues going on. for nearly every person who's story I have read here, they all have a basic pattern. Yours doesn't seem to fit. I think you have other issues to work on before you ever even consider transition. But, here's some food for thought.

Transition is a very hard path to walk. You'll lose friends, family, jobs and sometimes everything. No matter how hard you try to hold on to everything, you will lose something that will break your heart. The grass isn't greener on the other side. All you are doing is switching one set of problems for another. If you go in half-assed or think it will be a walk in the park, you are way wrong. There's not a girl here that hasn't cried their heart out because they had the strength to stand up and be true to themselves and someone has tried to knock them back down. Some of their stories are nightmares.
Hormones are not a magic pill. They only change your body and affect your emotional state and can even affect your sex drive. They wont turn you into someone else or that girl you thought was hot from that TV show. more like a relative like a Sister or cousin to our former selves. Many of us finally see the real us in the mirror, or as close to it as possible. Some have facial surgery, breast augmentation, tracheal shave and / or surgery on the vocal chords also on top of the cost of SRS to achieve it. The medical bills alone for surgery are huge.

When someone has SRS, it should be because they thought it through very carefully. If you're happy with your genitals, more power to you. If you don't want to transition, that's okay too. But don't even consider it thinking doing it on a whim or because, "it looked like fun being a girl." You will regret it.
So, if you are still serious after thinking on all that, find a therapist. And good luck on your path.

There are 2 reasons that I'm not having SRS.
1. I made a promise that I wouldn't.
2. the cost.
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