"It's binding or suicide": New York Times article on chest binders

I can’t believe that with intensive long term affordable mental health support that these women would feel the same distress and feel obligated to act it out so punitively on their own body. Noticeable that they were not talking of embracing maleness- they sounded desperate to be freed from their femaleness.
The women being hand-me-downed for free with (painful) second hand binders from those who were having ‘top surgery’... the emotional manipulation there is horrible. Like pyramid selling or something.
I can’t even comment within the guidelines on the 16 year old soon to be having a double mastectomy (mentioned in the comments.)

Binding is not fun, and it’s not a trend.

Except teenagers and young women weren't doing this ten years ago. What else can it be apart from a trend?

The longer I used binding, the more I could feel my body deteriorating. The physical pain got worse but so did the emotional. Slowly I began living a life where I couldn’t not bind. The initial euphoria of flatness turned into never being able to get flat enough. My body aches every day, I no longer have the lung capacity I once had, and my ribs have inverted. I fear breaking one when I sneeze. I am getting surgery this year and it can’t come soon enough.

Horrific. And yes, where is the male breast?

The misogynist nature of this movement is seen once again. Nobody is saying "I'm a man and these are my male breasts." (Even though man-boobs, unlike female penises, actually exist). No, women have to mutilate themselves.

The tape sounded the least appalling of all those options.

Several detransitioners/desisters on Reddit said they submitted negative comments for this piece but were not quoted.

Two stories from 17 year olds and one from a 19 year old, amongst the others.

So sad for these young people and no stories from anyone who had anything negative to say about binders.

If my child said to me, or stated it publicly, that it's a choice between binders or suicide I'd be seeking mental health support not shopping for binders.