Quite the subject. many would suggest and have-that the mere act of putting on women's clothes leads people like me to where I am today. Not unlike saying smoking weed leads to heroin.
I only suggest cross dressing doesn't take over a life, it takes you to where you can make a educated gender choice. My real point is - in my case at least, I found- I knew without a doubt I was doing the right thing. On the other hand a comment I received recently through Google+ from J Spurling brought me back to my paranoia of accepting myself as transgender could indeed come from my cross dressing:
"I suppose that looking back, each phase built on the last. Yet, it was always there under the surface, waiting for me to come to terms with it. Now that I'm self accepting of this aspect, I'd like to say I'm not only a cross dresser, but fully transgender, yet I'm hesitant to self-diagnose.
As for how my wife has responded each time I broach the topic. Initially, it was very vitriolic, she'd seen a professional psychologist on the TV state it was a man's way to ultimately dominate a woman. Wow, where did that come from, I searched and couldn't find anything like that short of Janis Raymond. Last time she told me point blank to stop, and how would I like to be married to someone male...
For me that's a lot of pressure, because I'm all she has. In a sense Cyrsti, I'm going through what you went through. So rather than self-diagnose and also to seek some coping skills, I'm going to start seeing a councilor who's experienced with our issues. "
Indeed "J" we are walking a similar path. For the longest time, I equated any so called "cross dressing" success I had as another possible step towards going full time. Looking back, I desperately needed someone to tell me would living 24/7 in a feminine world be "what the doctor ordered?" Yes-No? Also, at some point, I considered I was addicted to the thrill of cross dressing. Ironically, this idea was instilled in my noggin by a firefighter friend who equated the experience with the "rush" of fighting a fire. She turned out to be really addicted because she ended up going through SRS.
So, no, being a cross dresser will not lead you down the path to being a transgender woman or man. The process just gives you an idea if you truly want to. Keep in mind being gender dysphoric is a huge difference than just wanting to look like a woman.
As for how my wife has responded each time I broach the topic. Initially, it was very vitriolic, she'd seen a professional psychologist on the TV state it was a man's way to ultimately dominate a woman. Wow, where did that come from, I searched and couldn't find anything like that short of Janis Raymond. Last time she told me point blank to stop, and how would I like to be married to someone male...
For me that's a lot of pressure, because I'm all she has. In a sense Cyrsti, I'm going through what you went through. So rather than self-diagnose and also to seek some coping skills, I'm going to start seeing a councilor who's experienced with our issues. "
Indeed "J" we are walking a similar path. For the longest time, I equated any so called "cross dressing" success I had as another possible step towards going full time. Looking back, I desperately needed someone to tell me would living 24/7 in a feminine world be "what the doctor ordered?" Yes-No? Also, at some point, I considered I was addicted to the thrill of cross dressing. Ironically, this idea was instilled in my noggin by a firefighter friend who equated the experience with the "rush" of fighting a fire. She turned out to be really addicted because she ended up going through SRS.
So, no, being a cross dresser will not lead you down the path to being a transgender woman or man. The process just gives you an idea if you truly want to. Keep in mind being gender dysphoric is a huge difference than just wanting to look like a woman.
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