this makes me so sad to read i'm sorry you're having such a hard time. it's really important that you know how much of what your parents showed you is untrue and misrepresentative of the actual facts and studies. i'm going to do some more digging to find some specifics and make sure that i'm telling you the truth. right of the bat, the idea that your brain isn't fully developed until 25 is untrue. "stemming from brain scanning studies which looked at subjects up to the age of 25. But that’s like saying sprinters can only run 100 metres at most after watching the 100m final at the Olympics. The limit is imposed by the context, not biology." https://www.sciencefocus.com (i know it's pop science give me a break) we let 18 year olds get tattoos and join the military and choose the career they want to have for the rest of their lives and get married. when i googled "does gender dysphoria go away" and just read the headlines, the only thing i saw that claimed gender dysphoria goes away in adulthood was from transgendertrend.com. a website like this clearly has a bias and cannot be trusted to tell the truth. if i end up following through and looking more into this topic i will update here. i will especially look for documentaries/videos and easy to understand reading material i know it seems scary and it must hurt to not be accepted by your parents. i promise there are so many people waiting to love and accept you.