ITT discuss discuss the negative emotions that may come along with being circumcised without your consent as an infant or regretting getting circumcised as an adult.
I was subjected to routine infant circumcision, a decision that left me scarred—both visibly and within. A mark remains on my penis, a constant reminder. My glans are cracked and rough, stripped of their natural protection. The most sensitive part of me, my frenulum, was torn away without my consent. Every time I see an uncircumcised penis, a wave of grief crashes over me—profound sadness for what I’ve lost, for what I’ll never know. I carry a deep, burning resentment toward my parents, the ones who allowed this to happen. Why couldn’t they have left me untouched, whole, as I was born? Instead, they stole a piece of me, leaving behind a wound—physical and emotional—that festers, unhealed, and perhaps unhealable.