Why Did I Transition
I lost my breasts, my fertility and the chance to breastfeed my future children—all because doctors affirmed my trauma instead of treating it. Transition isn’t harmless self-discovery; it’s irreversible damage sold as healing.
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Mikayla Silverthorn explains how childhood sexual abuse and a resulting hatred of men led her to transition at 18. Years of testosterone and a double mastectomy left her with permanent loss of fertility and the ability to breastfeed, while teaching her that her pain was rooted in trauma, not gender. She now urges deeper therapy and education before anyone alters their body irreversibly.
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In the video “Why Did I Transition,” Mikayla Silverthorn recounts how a childhood hatred of men—rooted in repeated abuse by boys and adult males—set the stage for her later decision to transition. From kindergarten onward, she says, boys touched her inappropriately, teaching her that “all men are disgusting pigs.” This belief crystallized into a refusal to be female: she loathed bras and makeup, cut her hair short, and felt safest when strangers mistook her for a man. By 17, having abandoned feminine grooming and convinced herself she was a lesbian despite never having kissed a girl, she discovered transgender narratives online and concluded, “I was born in the wrong body.” Mikayla describes the practical steps of her transition at 18: binding her chest, adopting a masculine presentation, and eventually injecting weekly testosterone that she later learned was “apparently from dead pigs.” During the years she lived as a man, she experienced an unexpected revelation: being treated “like one of the guys” showed her that men, too, are vulnerable, kind, and human. This dismantled her earlier conviction that maleness equaled monstrosity. Yet the physical cost mounted—acne, oily skin, disrupted fertility, and the permanent loss of her breasts. She now mourns that she will never breastfeed her future children, calling that capacity “something really precious” that she surrendered for “perspective.” While Mikayla insists she does not regret the entire experience—because it forced her to confront and heal her trauma—she warns viewers that the medical pathway is largely untested and potentially dangerous. She emphasizes that high testosterone levels in females can lead to ovarian cysts, cancers, and lifelong hormonal chaos, yet doctors “can’t even tell you what’s going on with your body.” Rejecting both legal prohibition and unquestioning affirmation, she advocates for thorough education, deeper therapy, and respectful dialogue so that young people understand “what they’re really signing up for.” Her closing plea is for compassion: “I want people to be able to talk on both sides of the opinion… we all deserve respect, we all deserve love.”