| | ! style="font-size:120%; background:lightgreen; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" | The resolution of [[sexual disorientation|gender identity confusion]] | | ! style="font-size:120%; background:lightgreen; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" | The resolution of [[sexual disorientation|gender identity confusion]] |
| − | | style="padding:15px;" |''“I was the quintessential kid who was set up for homosexuality on several levels. I didn’t identify well with my gender in growing up for various reasons. I wasn’t close to my father at all; I was [[Defensive detachment|defensively detached]] from him. I was also bullied by my peers because I think I was a very sensitive boy, and so I always felt odd, not ‘boy’ enough, and then later on through puberty and above that even, not man enough. ... | + | | style="padding:15px;" |''“I was the quintessential kid who was set up for homosexuality on several levels. I didn’t identify well with my gender in growing up for various reasons. I wasn’t close to my father at all; I was [[Defensive detachment|defensively detached]] from him. I was also bullied by my peers because I think I was a very sensitive boy, and so I always felt odd, not ‘boy’ enough, and then later on through puberty and above that even, not man enough. ...'' |
| − | My journey, that took quite a few years actually, resulted in the resolution of my [[gender identity]] inferiority, and raised my level of self-esteem, particularly as a man in my own body. My depression and anxiety, which I had experienced a lot of during those adult years, began to lessen and dissipate, and I began to get my male emotional needs met, which I never had growing up. And as a result of that, my [[same-sex attraction]]s automatically and spontaneously began to, through this therapy, lessen and dissipate. And so [[reparative therapy]] really worked for me, it helped save my life.”'' | + | ''My journey, that took quite a few years actually, resulted in the resolution of my [[gender identity]] inferiority, and raised my level of self-esteem, particularly as a man in my own body. My depression and anxiety, which I had experienced a lot of during those adult years, began to lessen and dissipate, and I began to get my male emotional needs met, which I never had growing up. And as a result of that, my [[same-sex attraction]]s automatically and spontaneously began to, through this therapy, lessen and dissipate. And so [[reparative therapy]] really worked for me, it helped save my life.”'' |