Becoming transgender costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and will turn you into a customer of expensive hormone drugs for life.

On Saturday, a redditor who says he was on a waiting list for hormone replacement therapy shared his story of how he came to realize the whole process is an elaborate scam.

From PineappleExpress98 on r/conspiracy:

As someone who has seen a "gender therapist" and was on a waiting list for hormone replacement therapy, I think there is more to the transgender movement than meets the eye.

Apologies for my terrible writing, I'm really tired/sick right now.

Hi. I've never been much of a conspiracy theorist, but after thinking about things that happened to me a few years ago, I think I may have nearly been taken advantage of by nefarious actions from the pharmaceutical industry. I really want to get the word out, and find other people with similar experiences, and this sub seems like a good place to start.

I went to a very stereotypical high school, with all the standard cliques and shit you would expect. I was, and still am, not a very masculine person and because of this I didn't fit in. I was far more interested in music, fashion, anime and film than sports or "getting pussy", which made me an outcast. As a result, I struggled with self esteem issues, and generally was confused and annoyed for most of this time. Then, when I was 17, I found something that made my life make sense: transgender forums. These websites told me that my feelings were classic transgender feelings, and that I needed treatment immediately. Over the next years I began the process of changing my gender. I saw a "gender therapist, attending support groups, and even put myself on the waiting list for female hormones. Then, when I went to University, I got a wakeup call. There were loads of guys like me, who may not act like the "manly man" ideal, but still have no intention to change there gender. That's when I realized that I was going down a dark path, and quickly abandoned the idea of me wanting to become a girl.

During my year in the transgender world, I noticed some things that made me uncomfortable. The following is common rhetoric from support groups, forums and therapists.

Everyone who feels confused is transgender. If you make a single post on a transgender forum saying you think you might be trans, you will be validated in those feelings. No matter what the story, whether it's about enjoying "female" interests, or something that sounds more like a sexual fetish than a legit medical condition, you are trans according to the user's.