That was quite a dissertation on some of the possible reasons for crossdressing and I can certainly relate to several points you have made.

In particular, I must agree with you on the fact that it is a stress relieving activity even though in the eary stages, there is a vast adrenalin rush associated with dressing. I can recall several years ago working in an extremely hostile enviroment, where; ultimately; cross-dressing was the ONLY way of dealing with my prolems. It actually pushed me to the point of going out en-femme to public fetish events. That lasted for quite a while and it was a total rush!! But, as the stress diminished, and some traumatic events occured at various nightclubs, I regressed back into the closet.

I would also like to say that dressing had an effect on me somewhat like a drug. The adrenaline rush wore off dressing day to day alone and spurred me on to the next level of going out en-femme in public for an added rush. I think; if I had not been scared back into the closet by certain events; I might have progressed to another far more dangerous level of private meetings to get an even greated effect.

Hugs: LaurieM