Born out of tragedy?

[ReluctantDebutant]

I have quick question. What were the circumstances of your life when you decided to dress full time or make the concerted effort to dress full time?

I am curious because most of the cross-dressing Bios I have read on blogs, threads, and other internet locations tend to show very unfortunate origins. The decision to go full time or make cross-dressing the center piece of ones life seems to occur after a divorce, lost of a spouse, after a loss of a job, to someone who is alone, diagnosed with depression, recovering from drug abuse, had a bad financial problem etc....

has anyone else noticed such a trend? Is it all bleak? Are these the right circumstances to make such a decision?

This is not for when you first cross-dressed or when you decided to let your fem side out every few weeks or so. The main question is for those who went all out and began to make an effort to dress as much and as offten as they could until it became 24/7. What were the main events going into your decision? How would you describe your social life at the time: friends family, SOs? (this question is optional of course... technically they are all optional if you think about it :D ) The other questions are open to everyone.

[kimdl93]

My guess is that many TG people, like myself, grew up in what I have to say, are almost idyllic circumstances, compared to the ones you refer to. I had a stable, loving and immense nuclear family. Lived on a farm, had my own horse and 640 acres on the home place to roam at will with my brothers. The one issue - I knew early on that I was different. So did everyone else. I managed to learn to present as a "normal" boy and teen, but that difference was there...gnawing at me. The tragedy wasn't the world I was born into - in fact I wouldn't trade a moment of it. The tragedy was that I allowed myself to think that I was defective...for a long time, I was pretty sure I was defective, not just different. My loving family, despite the teasing and so on, has been a solid rock foundation for my life despite what I thought of myself.

[RADER]

I would say that once I retired, I have more time to dress than before.
With work, kids, and just no spare time.
Rader

[wilt575]

I had dressed off and on most of my life sister started dressing me at home, when parents traveled, and when she went to girl only affairs at school brought me along as little. Also when she went to or had sleep overs I was little sister. As to when went fulltime it was few years after marriage became sexless, started dressing more and more, have no problems to speak of.