The sensation of dressing.

[NewbieCD]

I here all these ppl on here talk about the sensation and excitement that dressing gives to so many on here. I can kinda realate the fabrics are much nicer but i see all these post about how magical it all feels. I guess i am not wired that way i do not love the feel of the fabrics or how it slids on my body to me even as little of a time i have dressed and even though i enjoy the dress when i dress i feel freer than i do when i do not but the feel of it all does not give me a thrill is this really that odd. It is more like a relief and a feeling of freedom. Maybe it is more like that I do not feel like a dude in a dress but like a personification of what is on the inside of me.

[NighttimeGirl]

I was six years old when i started and i always remember the first day, dont know why but something compelled me to my sisters wardrobe, the moment i tried the clothes on I knew it was right, yes I do love the fabrics and the designs and the the way they flow off the body, I always get a thrill out of dressing up but I agree with you to a certain extent,
male clothes are so drab dreary and thrown together, when I put on a dress it is like a drug and can take over, the feeling is like no other, I cant just bit dress though i have to go all the way, i cant just wear make up without the rest etc, i also hate it when my male clothes are anywhere near Lindas,
my g/f put my male shirts in with some of my dresses and it drove me mad,
???? just really got me dont know why

so my take on that would be yes it is a whole new world for me and i get the most magical feeling just opening the wardrobe door still to this day, thats before i even get dressed, but everyone is different I guess

[Calliope]

It is more like a relief and a feeling of freedom. Maybe it is more like that I do not feel like a dude in a dress but like a personification of what is on the inside of me.

Amen to that, sister. Nicely said.

[CDsWifey GG]

this is one of the things everyone seems to feel differently about....why do you like dressing? how does it make you feel? In trying to read on these threads and learn more about what exactly it is that my hubby is feeling, I am finding that it is different for everyone.:straightface:

[Charleen]

As Lily is the strongest , the way I dress is an an outward expression of who I am. I am more comfortable with my red toe nails, shaved body, long and polished finger nails, pierced ears, and naturally long hair. I also would not think about dressing in anything else but panties and hose in the minimum when in drab. You're right in observing that everyone is different in their CDing, but ain't that also true for everyone else? Love and xxxx, Lily

[Kimberly]

The thing that gets me about women's clothing is how sexy you can feel. I've never, ever, felt sexy in guy clothes. But any sort of top, shoe, jeans, skirt - I feel sexy. It's a great feeling - something I miss as a guy.

[Michelle Ellis]

Well for me I love the feel of my fem clothes, for work I have to wear demin (over shaved legs :( ) and cotton/polyester work shirts... I really (really) hate it :p I look forward each day to being off work and 'slipping into something more comfortable'. I don't do any body enhancing stuff, like pads and boobs and what not (my real ones are big enough thank you :p ), so a lot of it is the feel, the physical feel on my skin and also the feeling of looking (trying to look) sexy...

Kimberly you are so right, I've never felt sexy in male clothes either.

M

[donna h]

As I dont get many chances to fully dress I enjoy what time I get,usually once a month or so. When I know thats the the day the anticipation of it is a great feeling. When Im alone and getting en femme I do feel the relief and careless feeling described by others here. It is something I tried to live without but cant and need that time to be the real me.When its over its back tot he real world but that time is special for me and I would never give it up.Im lucky my SO is supprtive of that time and allows it, I love her very much.

[Casey Morgan]

Maybe it is more like that I do not feel like a dude in a dress but like a personification of what is on the inside of me.

Yeah, sort of like I'm channeling my own spirit. There's just one of me in here, but still, crossdressing is kind of like in Hook when that young lost boy smooths out Peter's wrinkles and goes "Oh, THERE you are Peter." I'm blurring some of my male body and revealing the female part of my psyche.

Yeah, I know, I'm still looking for that perfect metaphore. :D

[eleventhdr]

Liberating indeed!

Something that male clothing just can not give or do for you.

I guess that somehow females who wear our clothing do feek the same way somehow maybe it is doing something for them as well to be wearing out type of clothing..
But why males are still denied to be free to wear whatever they do really wnt to is still beyond me.


Oh welll one of thses day's very soon we will be allowed to.


And to that day i am awating.

Jay Suzy!:

[Casey Morgan]

In trying to read on these threads and learn more about what exactly it is that my hubby is feeling, I am finding that it is different for everyone.:straightface:

If it helps any, that's what makes it confusing and frustrating for us too.

Not quite the feelings you were hoping to understand, are they (confusion and frustration)? :p

[Angie G]

Hi Newbie some of the stuff I wear make me feel like you say about freedom
and all but some of the tnings I wear OMG what a feeling so I get the best of both Worlds :hugs:
Angie G.

[Stephenie S]

For me, it's just when I look in the mirror, or down at myself, or feel how I look, it's, "Ahhh, THIS is how I am suposed to look". It's not a thrill, or excitment, or erotic, it's just a feeling of completeness, or "rightness".

Not the best explanation, I know, but it's the best I can come up with now.

Lovies,
Stephenie

[NewbieCD]

Thank you all for all the post. I am trying to get a better handle on all of this. I just do not know where this is taking me and i do not like the feeling of uncertainty. Never have.

[Helen MC]

Outdoors I wear men's clothes because I HAVE to. Indoors I wear women's clothing because I WANT to!

[Tracy Lynn]

I never get that excited thrill either, not since I was in my teens. Now days I just feel more comfortable and relaxed. The options seem so endless with womens clothes. Guy clothes are so boring except for a nice suit or tux.

[noname]

yes I do love the fabrics and the designs and the the way they flow off the body, I always get a thrill out of dressing up but I agree with you to a certain extent, male clothes are so drab dreary and thrown together

I read an article not too long ago regarding mens clothing design. The sum of the article was the thought that men don't want to think about clothes or dressing, thus they make mens clothes so you don't have to put much thought into it.


But why males are still denied to be free to wear whatever they do really want to is still beyond me.


Kimberly you are so right, I've never felt sexy in male clothes either.

I think much of it can boiled down to this. Women can express their beauty and sexuality, if a man does... people think he is a pervert.


For me, it's just when I look in the mirror, or down at myself, or feel how I look, it's, "Ahhh, THIS is how I am suposed to look". It's not a thrill, or excitment, or erotic, it's just a feeling of completeness, or "rightness".

Ditto

[Ranee Daze]

Yes indeed, I love the feel of my Victoria Secret pajama teddy. Men will be truly free when the world of fabrics opens up to them. For me, when I fully dress and go out it is all of it. It is exciting. It is liberating. It is like a drug. It is erotic. It is dangerous. All of the above, after 35 years or so,"The Thrill" is still there.

Praise Saint Whoever it is, The Patron Saint of Crossdressers.

[Shiny]

Yeah, after all these years it's a bit like dressing in a uniform of sorts, like dressing for battle or graduation or your Sunday-go-to-meeting best but it goes far beyond that, still, for me.

I read a post a couple months ago where the person stated that dressing was like an extended orgasm. I would add to that by saying it is stimulating to the point of near orgasm that never reaches a plateau. It goes back to the stimulation of the brain and the release of seratonin or dopamine or L-dopa and that's part of the "Buzz" that only cross dressers can get from the silky clothes--never mind the burlap of men's fashions. I think it's the whole process and the finished outcome and the perfume and the makeup and the "wow I'm here" feeling you get when you are finished. Then as they say you are all dressed up with no where to go! So you enjoy the afternoon pacing around sipping a coffee or a wine and looking in on some television or the internet and so it goes.

Like a member of "Donahue" once said. "If you are a cross dresser, you will always be one. If you are not a cross dresser you can never become one." It works for me towards my understanding anyway. And the dressing? Yeah, I still love the rush of shaved legs and sheer hose--It's staggering, still!

Shiny

[Scotty]

I still love the rush of shaved legs and sheer hose--It's staggering, still!

Shiny


Amen sis, Amen!

I've shaved for 8 or 9 years now, never have hair on my legs - and nobody has ever noticed, this summer especially since I've been in a LOT more public places.....

It's nice to go out in shorter shorts in the back or front and have the freedom of fresh air on shaved legs, you can't get that with hairy legs - that's a sensation most women know by instinct, but it took me 20 years to be brave enough to shave my legs - never forget the first time sliding into sheets with shaved legs either - ooh la la!

[Julie York]

There's two ends to the CD spectrum. At one end is the thrill and joy that a 5 year old gets from dressing up as someone else, with the same genuine freedom of expression.

At the other end is the feeling of taking off a pair of tight shoes and sighing with relief.

[lahr]

For me dressing en femme is pretty much a comfort thing. In my early teens it was strictly erotic and I felt sooo perverted. As an adult I feel relaxed while wearing mini skirts and such. The exception is the sheer stockings, garter belts, and high stilleto heels. I love the look and feel of real stockings on my feet and legs. Seeing my feet in reinforced toe nylons is a an erotic thrill I could never put into words and when I dangle a high heel from my toes while wearing hose and an ankle bracelet I go off into another dimention. Its more of a fetish.....lahr

[ToyGirl]

dressing used to scare hell out of me. Ontop of seeing yourself , atleast for me a glimpse of what i would become in the future. It was alot of emotions all at once. My heart would thump and race. Not anymore though or i would have died of heart attack. Though looking good makes any girl happy.

[Stefanie_in_Mt]

For me, I do love the feel of the satiny clothes, but it seams to relax me, I come home from work and slip into a nice pair of panties, bra, night gown. And I feel all kinds of tension released. I am able to let my gaurd down so to speak. And when I'm dressed enfemme I feel free to be what I want to be, not what the general public expects me to be. It used to be a turn on, you know doing something kinda tabu, but now it's like a drug, I love the feel of nice pretty clothes instead of the drab mens clothes.
thats my 2 cents

[Kelsey 2]

For as long as I can remember I've really tripped on the female body. I almost envied women for all the great stuff, espicially their underwear, because I wanted to be able to wear it also. I like being a man, never seriously wanted to be a woman. I'm in my early fifties now and it took me all this time to realize that all this great female stuff is really made for anyone who wants it. I've stopped questioning why and am just having a good time with it. I was wrong though. Lingerie feels so much better really on me than I ever imagined it would looking at the J C Penny ads all those years.

[Charleen]

For me, it's just when I look in the mirror, or down at myself, or feel how I look, it's, "Ahhh, THIS is how I am suposed to look". It's not a thrill, or excitment, or erotic, it's just a feeling of completeness, or "rightness".

Not the best explanation, I know, but it's the best I can come up with now.

Lovies,
Stephenie
Yep, That's exactly how I feel today. This the way I am, and how I should look. The thrill has preety much faded, not all the way, but preety much. Love and xxxx, Lily

[Dee 1062]

When dressed...I feel like a woman...!

[Sam-antha]

Yup the thrill has mostly gone out of dressing, especially wiht the undies, except for the boobs and bra.
The thing is turning into another me, one who has more feeling for being out than the original male me. Alright, I am ancient, but I want to walk female, feeling sexy, something that dsoes not and will not happen to my male alter ego (Yes, I am dressed just now). Who can feel sexy in male trousers, who can feel the fabric of male gear ?
And finally which of you can feel the joy of kicking your shoes off under the restaurant table if they are male shoes ?
~Samm
PS Mummy, what are "Male Shoes" ? Have they anything to do with Elvis ?

[Regina girl]

Love to dress up as it so relaxes me and stress reducer so that causes a lot of anticipation when dressing. I enjoy the feeling of the different fabrics and going to bed at night with a cute babydoll/teddie on makes for a good night. Wake up feeling like the world is mine so I supose I do get excited about dressing up cause I know what it does for me. Have short black skirt with panty hose and sexy little blouse on right now feeling good.

Regina:love:

[Angela E.]

Hi Newbie some of the stuff I wear make me feel like you say about freedom
and all but some of the tnings I wear OMG what a feeling so I get the best of both Worlds :hugs:
Angie G.

I totally agree I love all the sensations of dressing up. it`s not sexual but VERRRY sensual.-Angela E.:doll: :bye:

[slipoverstockings]

I was looking for a topic to ask to about sensations.
I know I seem to be in a perpetual tumescent state when I am dressed. It is the feeling of the fabric and the notion that it is ultra feminine.
I just wonder what Ggirls get from silky soft lingerie. It isn't just to excite their partners is it?

[Josie06]

The sensations I feel when dressed are many. Comfortable, relaxed and natural ... feminine, sexy and mostly confident.

[GG Vanya]

I was looking for a topic to ask to about sensations.
I know I seem to be in a perpetual tumescent state when I am dressed. It is the feeling of the fabric and the notion that it is ultra feminine.
I just wonder what Ggirls get from silky soft lingerie. It isn't just to excite their partners is it?


Well, I've had a few tumescent episodes myself, but a fluid pill cured that. :rolleyes:

[Country girl]

Sometimes when I get dressed up to go out with my BF/ SO I put things on to entice him and to look good for him. But when I buy panties and bra's, etc. I do it with my wants in mind. I like to know that underneath it all I look and f:shades: eel sexy. How the fabric feels on me is a different story. I think because I am a GG and have always known that once I was older I would wear a bra and panties the actual feel of them never made me feel one way or another. It is the design and the look that I go for. Something ultra sexy and feminine. That way, no matter what I have on on the outside, I feel sexy and extremely female underneath my clothing. It doesn't matter if anyone else sees what I have on. I know that I look sexy so that's all that matters. I hope that all this made sense and didn't just confuse the issue! :shades:

Country girl GG