A wide berth

I watch content from people who have successfully transitioned as well as from those who feel they have not. It gives me a more balanced viewpoint of the reality that this is a road not for everyone because we are a very varied species.

Sam is an older transsexual woman who regrets her transition and now talks about childhood trauma and her healing process. She would have taken a different path but her full medical and surgical transition took her to a place she wishes she could undo but cannot.

I watched one of her videos recently with another woman who also expressed regret but yet had a different take on her own situation. She did not see herself as a woman but as an approximation of one and bemoaned the treatment she had received at the hands of family and society as a whole.

Being gender dysphoric is not for the faint of heart and in life we take paths which can leave us learning lessons we wish we had ingested before. There is never a perfect scenario and no matter which road is taken there is sometimes going to be a "what if". It is why it is a subject matter not to be glamorized or trivialized.

Sam's channel fits well within my observation of the transgender phenomenon over the years in that it reflects the wide berth of uniqueness and paths that are available to us.

Different souls, different histories, different depth of introspection. Different choices.