Bless this man. My mind is made up now, bottom surgery should be made illegal. Too many vulnerable people are being rushed through this. It is barbaric.

This is freaking tragic. The NHS had no hesitation jumping on his self-diagnosis and butchering him, but he had to go private to get the actual help he needed? Unbelievable.

I'm afraid that this is what is going on with my own son. A family history of Bipolar and Schizophrenia should immediately set off alarms that a mental health issue is triggering the gender dysphoria but even professionals seem to ignore this.

I was a "crossdresser" in my teens aswell and dressed super gender neutral, even cutting my hair short so to some I looked like a guy. People made rumours about me being trans aswell. I'm just a tomboy. Why people need to shove me into a box??? Why can't I just dress how I want without people wanting to categorize me? I hate that society is so obsessed with labels and what is "normal" that any self expression has to "mean something". The point of being myself is that I don't want to be showed into a box or label myself! When I see people who have a bunch of labels on their social media that's a red flag to me that they are willingly partaking in a hivemind. I never label myself. I'm just me, if you want to know who I am then you have to get to know me first!

Bipolar is scary because when you’re feeling high, every thought and decision feels like the right one!

Well done to Sasha, for her gentle and intelligent way of enabling these conversations. She is giving the support that seems to be totally lacking from therapists and clinicians in this field. Those professionals make their living from pushing people forward with transition, not from exploring the negative consequences of transition.

These surgeons make around $70,000.00 per operation here in the U.S. So, in one week with 5 operations one surgeon can make $350,000.00. Let that sink in... These "surgeons" are absolute psychopaths.

I hope you Sam, and other detransitioned men and women, be they straight or same sex attracted, will write a book. It is certainly needed.

Thank you Sam for your strength in sharing your harrowing experience. That strength I character will surely serve you moving forward in your life.

Im so sorry this happened to you..Its very brave of you to speak out and try and help others..Im glad you're enjoying being an electrician..All the best for the future x

My husband has bipolar, didnt get on seroquel til 2022. Then last year he refused to see a psychiatrist and instead had his gp prescribe an SSRI. He showed signs of delusions not long after, and then 6 weeks after starting them he decided hes trans. The past 4 months have been hell. A gender clinic in London did a zoom interview for 15 minutes and prescribed him HRT. He refuses to see that hes manic. I dont know what to do. I wish i could show him this video. 😔

Where I live in Australia, clinicians will challenge a person who presents with psychiatric delusions, except where those delusions are about gender. If the doctor doesn’t affirm gender delusions the doctor is looking at up to 12 months jail.

Finally it seems like the tide is turning on this and the public are peaking. It's just such a crying shame that so many people, especially the young, have been harmed by this malpractise.

I am so impressed with this interviewer who respectfully and sensitively allows the interviewee to tell their story.

Great interview! Thanks for the openness of the young man - it will surely help many. Thanks to the cool young lady - her sensitivity opened up the space for all of this tragic information. Wish the very best for both of you! May this collective madness find its end soon.

For many ppl, SSRI's cause people to feel a sense of depersonalization and a disconnect from their body.

Shit i`m glad this nonsense wasn`t around when i was young. It would of stuffed up more people

There is a lot of political ideology in the psychologist and psychiatrist professions, and not much science. I know that bipolar and schizophrenia are very dangerous diseases and you need medication, but so many other problems could be dealt with a soft approach until people grew out of it. You don't need medication for every bad emotional state you are, and you definitely never need to remove healthy body parts because you are going through a problem in your mind. Our emotions can always regenerate, and with time we become wiser and outgrow our anxieties. But body parts never regenerate, and whoever cut them need to be held accountable. People are being crippled for life because of charlatans that prey on their moment of weakness.

So glad that things are looking up for Sam, so sorry it was so long in coming, mental health should be provided with a high stand of integrity and consistent quality across the board,

There is the key at the end, they have you as a patient for life! That is their sick goal. You might have gotten to the point of not needing them for bipolar, I did but the physical changes made will need medical supervision for the rest of your life.

Well done Sasha 💖 This is a really great interview. Your approach is really soft and sensitive. I’m impressed. Sam, thank you so much for talking about your story. For sharing what was your harrowing reality. You’re worth it, and never think you’re not. You’re meant to be here on this planet living your life. You’re strong. You’re strong enough to cope with life’s changes and challenges. You’ve proven you can get through some horrendous hard times. You’re a wonderful person I wish you all the happiness in the worldxxx💙

I think that there shouldn't be _any_ bottom surgeries. Upon watching many not only detransitioner stories, but also transitioners' who are seemingly happy with their transitions, I actually think that the 'bottom' surgeries should not be allowed, period. The complication rate is awful. They're extremely mutilating and therefore highly medically unethical. They're basically a butchery of healthy organs, by which I mean affecting not only the reproductive function, but also urinary, and in fewer cases even other secretary functions. Of course, each and every surgery carries risk, some can be very devastating (infections, clots, etc.), but I'm _not_ necessarily about other gender reaffirming surgeries, or cosmetic surgeries likewise, but the bottom surgery is entirely on another level. If someone wants to present socially as another gender, or non binary, or any other new thing there is - regardless of what I may personally think about, as in do I consider it proper or improper or whatnot - I'm _not_ arguing for banning it whatsoever, and it's a question for entirely _different_ discussion. But I would argue for banning the bottom surgeries, because they're highly unethical mutilations disrupting healthy organ function.

It’s awful how vulnerable young people are being directed to self harm in the guise of help. There are several lawsuits right now against doctors and institutions involved in this protocol. This young man should join them.

Thanks for sharing your story . Thanks for the interview Sasha. You guys both did great interesting conversation. Hopefully , it will help somebody to think before they make such drastic decisions. ❤️🙏

Wow, Sam you are a strong person. I appreciate that you shared your experience honestly and graphically. I've not heard the surgery and repercussions in such detail before. Could you be the one who writes the guidance book? All the best with the rest of your journey.

i wish you all the best sam.. i have a feeling that one day people will look back at this and think of it like a contemporary lobotomy

That was a VERY interesting and important conversation. Sam, you are such a brave person. You are doing a very hard but important job to show a different and darker side of the gender transformation. Keep on being strong and brave❤

Please consider sharing your story with other detrans interviewer podcasts such as Buck Angel, Benjamin Boyce and Gender: A Wider Lens. 💚

Sasha you are an amazing interviewer! Kind and considerate, but asking the important questions

Great interview. I’m impressed with the amount of research done before the interview. I have learned a lot.

Psychologists are not allowed to ask questions like would you be willing to explore any mh problems. They must only affirm for the surg /drug train to take over.

Wow, This made me cry because I feel so much for this young person. I am glad you are making these recordings for people so that they are aware of the menagerie of horrors that accompany a sex change. ❤ much love to you people out there. Make educated decisions.

I feel like the main lesson(s) here is two things: make sure you're in a reasonably stable mental place before you make life altering decisions and to believe more in ourselves than what others tell us. Gay men shouldn't feel pressure to be transwomen. They've tried that in Iran and it didn't work. I wish this person all the very best in their journey ❤

The Tavistock clinic is well-known within the American military-industrial-complex for its pioneering work in mind-conditioning programs and mental combat training, particularly during the decade following WWII. Developed from methodologies originally created by the German military, with the research results eventually exported to the United States, the legacy of the early work at Tavistock continues to be felt today. I find it unusual that Tavistock had become a gender-care-oriented clinic in modern years.

Love this channel so authentic so moving but hope is there for the people involved in this scenario

Mental health services in the uk are really bad. There is little to no support for people even with severe difficulties. Its so sad and scary to think of vulnerable people getting major surgery through ‘gender affirming care’ instead of treating serious mental health conditions.

Wonderful interview and interviewer. Thank you ❤

Sam, thank you for sharing. I also have bi-polar 1 with phycosis. Mine started around 12 or 13. I had auditory hallucinations and possibly some paranoia (I don't remember much of my life). I wanted to be a boy growing up, but I learned quick not to say that to anyone. Because of that, when I went to a therapist and phycatrist, I talked about the voices, the two suicide attempts, and the fact I was always worried no one liked me. So, I got my diagnosis and treatment before my gender issues arouse. But it became clear to me after my head cleared that I was a bisexual female. I am sorry that for you, it was the other way round. Yes, we need to get better standards of care, where mental illnesses are addressed before transition.

thanks for sharing your story friend

As a much, much older person with cptsd undx'd for over 30 years I ran to taking illegal T thinking I wanted to look like a man and a fixation with having a beard to make me better looking. Treated as bipolar alone in those years my ptsd was never treated or even recognized. Medical staff just gave me the T due my using it illegally in the 2000's off and on but never any deep questioning or anybody having me hit a pause button. Thanks to COVID I did not get top surgery when I was fixated one it. There is a serious problem with medical personnel not forcing people to wait and get serious questioning therapy because they think all flavors of gender identity should just be expressed. The current justification I think of medical and society people want to justify their own kinks and sexual impulses by allowing people to take extreme steps is a weird, weird state of affairs in today's world. I was 58 when I started serious medically directed hormone therapy for 3 years until medical complications forced me to stop. While I still liked the facial hair because it hid the aged old lady face and looked better especially in the patriarchal society that makes middle aged women invisible and see men as sexy when old and grey. It isn't dysphoria I had but disgust at how society treats women as we age.

I feel like a lot of these young people are tricked into this. It’s ok to be gay. But to see a lot of these beautiful people ruined for life breaks my heart.

This made me recall reading a study done a long time ago, something about changing room temperature & job satisfaction in an office. The study showed it was having attention paid and things done that increased satisfaction, not the room temperature. I wonder how much the increased attention, more services being easily available, more interventions, that plays a role also. It’s not specifically the transitioning, just that something is being done. Anything. Great thought provoking interview.

Respect for this man. He should have gotten the help he needed Let's not forget for the majority the treatnent IS life affirming.

I can really relate to sam with bipolar, he explains it so well when it comes to not being able to see the future, it's like a cycle of hatred, euphoria and regret. it's not a life a sane mind can function with. I wish you all the best Sam.

Bless you Sam

💔💔💔 Wishing you peace, light, and love ❤️

The keepers of 'The Narrative' are not going to like this one.... This poor guy.

Whose idea was it in the beginning to perform these penile inversions? I feel like it’s quite barbaric and how could it possibly ever be successful surgery with a working vagina? Dilating sounds like it wouldn’t work long term.

Nothing like believing in a cause that wants to neuter you.

If its any consolation i have been treated simular. Ive had 6 tumours and 1 and half kidneys removed from 3cm to 10cm. Ive been called a drug addict for wanting pain relief. I now have a great doctor gp cant say the same for the specialist i see. I have chronic lymphatic luekemia osteoporosis and arthritis as well. I regret my surgeries as I have 4 more tumours from 9mm to 17mm. I disagreed with the doctors after my second surgery they said i was cancer free, without having my follow up ct. I did not feel cancer free and the pain has just gotten worse over the last 3 years. Even after my first follow up ct 6mths after surgery showing 1x 5mm that they called a lesion was present. Good luck with the medical industry, you will not get any compassion it does not exsist in experts hearts if they have one at all.

This person has osteoporosis and he’s still a young man. I have osteoporosis and I’m 65. It has slowed me down and causes me pain. I wonder how these people are going to be alive at my age. So horrific.

I wonder how many people he yelled at or attacked for telling him the truth

Little or no psychological help is provided either before or after.

There seems to be a lot of people who go ahead and have trans surgery who have already been given, given themselves or accepted labels of such as bipolar, autism and / or ADHD. Having these labels / actual conditions sometimes gets blamed upon / put down to not being born the "right sex". People who have sex change surgery and then regret it often blame themselves and / or those who allowed them to have the trans surgery. But if they hadn't been allowed the hormones and then the trans surgery, they'd be berating those who stopped them from having them. So, what are the therapists, nurses and doctors supposed to do? After all, some people who were refused trans hormones and trans surgery in the past would sometimes commit suicide. I think people often reach ponits in life - in general - where they do things one way or another because they don't know which way to choose. They think that they have to take action just because the present situation / doing nothing seems to be the harder thing to stick with. Don't we all sometimes make the wrong decision, thinking it's the right decision, and the only way we can know it's wrong decision is after experiencing the outcome. And, surely someone going through trans surgery realises beforehand the massive implications for themselves before they undergo it, but still they choosbto have it done anyway. They must know it will be the most painful surgery imaginable and that if things go right it will still be painful and that if it goes wrong then it'll be a major nightmare.

Don't send your kids to uni.

Did any of the manic times coincide with energy drinks?

I’m sorry that happens to you

She would have been begging and pleading drs from the age of 19 to have surgery and now regrets it but wants to push the blame onto someone else. Why wouldn’t she be able to walk around with the morphine pump?? I’ve had a fair few in my time and I have been aloud to mobilise with one and so have any patients I have nursed. Did she expect the surgeon to sit and have tea and biscuits with her🤦🏼‍♀️

After seeing this it’s easy to only assume your final decision on this topic

9:05 “OK, yeah… let’s fast forward…”

Sometimes it’s ADHD not bipolar !

I think society is so obssesed with gender and labels they just jump in anywhere or easily into this trans scene when they don’t feel like they can go anywhere else. I grew up cross dressing but I didn’t care, all I cared about was focusing on sports and still cross dressed into college where I was playing a division 1 sport. I guess I’m only saying this because if people found something they actually enjoyed and just focused on that instead and let themselves be and live outside of a box, more people would just either A grow out of this trans thing (bc I thought I might be but I gave myself time and grew out of it) or B, they just accept themselves, live how they want but refrain from medical intervention and focus on a career, or a hobby or something.

I feel sorry for this guy. Blood thinners for the rest of his life? Because he's going to stay on hormones? This is a super razor&blade business model.

I guess the gender clinic was Tavistock

The girl interviewing has such a flat affect. It's like a zombie staring. o_O Strange.

Does gay bashing or the fear of it, create the fantasy of changing gender ?

What about the over 90% who are satisfied with the surgery.

Surely it’s retransition?

I am bipolar and just had the delusion that most of the world took an untested medicine. Oh wait that did happen, no delusion.

This interviewer is ice cold. The fakeness is so distracting. Clinical.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, SASHA!! 💪

Being a trans surgeon sounds like the new easy way to become a multi-millionaire