Summon the pink fog?

[Camille15]

After months of waiting and planning I will *finally* have some dedicated Camille time this weekend! But while I am definitely excited about it, that pink fog feeling is no where to be found. It would certainly be an even more enjoyable experience to get dressed-up in its presence. Has anyone ever had any luck in trying to ?summon? it somehow?

[snoostrawberry]

Maybe get a new outfit or something to wear? That always works for me to get things going again. Sometimes, when your stuck with the same outfits it can get a little boring. Maybe there's something you could pick up this weekend. Could even be some accessories.

[kimdl93]

Nah, just you be you.

[CarlaWestin]

That happens to me where I get right up to the coveted block of time and just not feeling it.
I believe it's a residual guilt left over from the beginnings.
But, once I start the process, the pink fog starts to roll in.

[Genifer Teal]

Plan a photo session. It doesn't count if there are no photos to show it happened. Seeing myself looking good helps improve my mood. Maybe it will help you feel better too.

[bridget thronton]

Enjoy your weekend

[Suzie Petersen]

It happens to me too, Camille.
Over the years there have been long periods of time where I just never knew when there would be an opportunity to see "the girl", and when an opportunity did come along, it was often with short or no warning.
There have been many times where it felt like I just _had_ to take advantage of the moment, simply because I didn't know when it would come again, and it did often feel forced in the beginning.

But, for me at least, as soon as I get started, the desire to go all out comes back quickly. When I see the girl in the mirror, I'm good!

[CharlotteCD]

I can now dress whenever I want since my divorce and getting my own place, plus my fiance being supportive. I don't though. The pink fog has gone.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Camille :hugs:, @ 82 Sometimes I just don't feel like opening the Closet door,

When I do open the Closet Door the Pink fog overcomes Me and it's like in my 30s' >Orchid**O:daydreaming:O**

[_jenni_]

Isn?t that the worst to have the time?but then just not have the desire to go through the motions to get dolled up?maybe that?s peak modern female?go for the feminine undies yoga pants and T look

[CarlaWestin]

I can now dress whenever I want since my divorce and getting my own place, plus my fiance being supportive. I don't though. The pink fog has gone.

I do find that it's more exciting to scandalously indulge in the forbidden fruit and I'm not sure if 100% acceptability would be an improvement. Often wondering if I would play dress up less so it wouldn't become commonplace.

[GretchenM]

I tend to agree with Kim - "just you be you." I have never had much success inducing a pink fog and when it did work it did not feel genuine. It felt forced which it was. There are times when the pink fog just does not appear for a spell. That is probably because current life experiences and concerns occupy so much priority in your brain that doing something new and different just is not possible - or something like that. Our brains do have limits to the amount of stuff it can handle at once. At times like that I find doing something simple that has a marginal connection to my female-like identity can be comfortable, but doing more is uncomfortable and creates some emotional conflict with other things.

[AllieBellema]

I don't try to summon it, it just comes to me when it does. Which isn't too often for me, but when I get it... then I get that itch to dress up at home and be feminine.

[CharlotteCD]

I do find that it's more exciting to scandalously indulge in the forbidden fruit and I'm not sure if 100% acceptability would be an improvement. Often wondering if I would play dress up less so it wouldn't become commonplace.

For me it's more a case of my weight gain has upset my perception of my body so much that I hate to see myself in the mirror wearing 25kg more than my "peak" years.

I'm 6kg down so far and still not really feeling any better about how I look, but I'm on the journey and I know that come summer I'll be where I want to be and no doubt I will be wanting to get some dresses and skirts out for those warmer days...

I also struggle to dress in front of my partner because although she says she loves me no matter what and it's fine to dress how I want, I still have the same issues hanging over me from my past marriage which is that it's a turn off and disgusts a sexual partner.

The last thing I want is to create any kind of divide, even if she insists that won't happen.

[alwayshave]

Camille, enjoy your weekend dressed. I don't need the overwhelming feeling to dress in order to dress.

[docrobbysherry]

I agree with Charlotte! I haven't felt the pink fog for 12 years. It was then that I came out to my adult daughter that lived with me.

From then on I could dress by telling her where and when. Now, I live alone.

When u r free to dress whenever u like the fog burns off forever!:battingeyelashes:

[Traci H]

I have had a couple of rare opportunities to dress and suddenly when the time arrived, I didn?t feel it. Tired or had some other projects that I felt deserved the time. Maybe some residual guilt crept in and I felt it was not in my best interest to partake. Not sure. I love to dress and wish I could do more of it, although I would like my wife?s approval or at least not her disgust. So is this life.

[Jessica Secret]

Get some romantic lingerie Camille if you don't already have any. Trust me the pink fog will hit you immediately. :thumbsup: