I'd say it's a huge fucking accomplishment. Especially considering this is a cult whose "rites" include irreversibly mutilating your body and pumping it full of God-knows-what chemicals to deform it. Add in the lovebombing, encouragement to cut ties with close family and friends from when people knew you by your "deadname" and severing yourself from its clutches seems nigh improbable since by the time you're so far in you've gone too far to just back out.
I hope OP guy didn't mutilate himself before he got out.
This kind of low-level shapeshifting from one sex to another is yet another technology that used to be considered magic ... in the sense that it used to be for gods, wizards, and those who made deals with supernatural entities.
I wonder if there's some sort of subtext along these lines running through all this.
Yep. I fucking hate the shitty culture of reddit where everyone posts shit hoping for a million comments patting them on the back and telling them how great they are. But I've half a mind to take my account over to that sub and post reassuring comments in every post because honestly they all need and deserve it. Shit is literally a cult.
I'd say it's a huge fucking accomplishment. Especially considering this is a cult whose "rites" include irreversibly mutilating your body and pumping it full of God-knows-what chemicals to deform it. Add in the lovebombing, encouragement to cut ties with close family and friends from when people knew you by your "deadname" and severing yourself from its clutches seems nigh improbable since by the time you're so far in you've gone too far to just back out.
I hope OP guy didn't mutilate himself before he got out.
Following along with the "cult" analogy ...
This kind of low-level shapeshifting from one sex to another is yet another technology that used to be considered magic ... in the sense that it used to be for gods, wizards, and those who made deals with supernatural entities.
I wonder if there's some sort of subtext along these lines running through all this.
Ah yes, the "god knows what chemicals" such as the chemicals naturally produced inside of your own body already.
You trans-rabid people are so dramatic that it's fucking hilarious.
Yep. I fucking hate the shitty culture of reddit where everyone posts shit hoping for a million comments patting them on the back and telling them how great they are. But I've half a mind to take my account over to that sub and post reassuring comments in every post because honestly they all need and deserve it. Shit is literally a cult.