raynestorm (imported) wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:41 pm When it comes to castration there are two camps:

Fantasy. This is more common with men then you'd believe. It usually involves a very attractive woman giving a man his last orgasam before taking that ability from him.

For most of this group it will never go beyond being a fantasy - and there's nothing wrong with that.

Non-fantasy.

The men in this group want it for various reasons but we're serious about it. The problem is that no one wants to help us.

Even if you're a TG, you need to live for two years full time as a woman (and I have) before you're allowed. Then you have to come up with the money - and that's extremely difficult. There are only a handful of surgeons that will perform it and not without recommendations from 2 mental heath professionals and one medical health professional. It's their way of protecting them from litigation.

It's worse if you're NOT a TG because people are never happy with any answer you give them. They file you under 'crazy' and think you need mental help. You can pass all the evals they give you in that arena, but as long as you still seek castration, they'll simply think you're insane.

So what most of us are left with is the consumming desire to have this done but no one to help us do it. The medical community will help with just about anything else - Women needing breast implants need only walk in and get it done. An abortion? Have a seat, they'll even do it at the free clinic.

The end result is a person in a pressure cooker - the desire to have the procedure done and no one willing to do it without more money than can be afforded.

Something has to give.

The men that try self-castration aren't insane, they're at their frustration saturation point. They simply can't take it anymore. They know that what they're doing could kill them, but it's worth the risk if it works.

If our goal was death itself, don't you think we'd choose a method that was somewhat less painful than hacking off one's own wobbly bits?

One of the arguments people make for abortion is that prior to Roe V. Wade women died trying to give themselves an abortion via a coat hanger. That safe, affordable abortions ultimately save lives.

Pitty that 'my body, my choice' applies only to that one instance when it's clear that - if equal latitude were given to TG's and others wishing to be castrated - we could also save lives.

morganster (imported) wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:26 pm I, for one, falling as I do in the first category (the fantasy category) would like to hear from a (pardon the expression) 'compulsive' like yourself what is the nature of your compulsion? Can you either articulate the compulsion clearly for those of us who don't have it or refer to some other writing of someone who has 'described' the compulsion clearly enough so the rest of us can understand it?

Caith721 (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:10 pm I personally want my testicles gone, because they have caused me more troubles than not during my life. Testosterone has not been my friend, it has been more of an evil monkey, always on my back, always noisy, always demanding. After fifty years, I've had enough. I'm sick and tired of it, and want the issue to go away, permanently. If that marks me as crazy, suicidal, or psychotic, I'd love to hear someone defend that position. How the HELL do they know what I've lived with all my life?

Caith721 (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:10 pm I personally want my testicles gone, because they have caused me more troubles than not during my life. Testosterone has not been my friend, it has been more of an evil monkey, always on my back, always noisy, always demanding. After fifty years, I've had enough. I'm sick and tired of it, and want the issue to go away, permanently. If that marks me as crazy, suicidal, or psychotic, I'd love to hear someone defend that position. How the HELL do they know what I've lived with all my life?