I have been seeing a Therapist for awhile now and today the ending question was, " what need is being fulfilled in your life when you dress"? She told me to not limit it to only one or two answers, that there are probably many answers. In her words, "if you can answer this question fully, you will be the master of it, and not it the master of you".
One of the reasons for joining this site was to get some answers to questions like this. Though, at times I may not have liked some of the answers I was coming up with, they are valid.
Nothing in life is simple, so why should CD'ing be any different.
CD'ing makes me feel, horny, sexy, sensually alive (feel that swish), feminine, in touch with my other self, pretty, gentle, compassionate, more loving, caring, this could go on for a long time, etc for now.