Cross dress to de-stress

I find that when I can't dress or try to stop my stress and anxiety levels go WAY up. I've explained that to my current SO, and she seems to accept that I will continue to dress, but doesn't want to be involved.

It is definitely the most consistent "destress" routine in my life.

I am so very sorry to hear about your wife. I can only imagine the heartache and stress you must be going through. While my situation is slightly different ( I am still battling cancer, second recurrence), I can relate to what you are dealing with.

While I enjoy many things that can take my mind off of what I'm dealing with, hands down dressing is my biggest avenue to stress relief. I am not trying to take anything away from your situation, Just trying to give you parallels of how to cope with what you are experiencing. In my own life, the calm and serenity I get from being able to dress when I need to has gone a very long way to keeping my sanity.

Tamsin, I too nursed my wife through a terminal disease. In my case, it was cancer. I wasn't much of a crossdresser while she was alive, she wasn't very open to me showing a feminine side. It's 8 years since the day she left and Michaela is the main focus of my life now. I dress every day, although I might not look like a woman, I still wear feminine clothes like jeans, denim shorts, plain coloured tops that pass as teeshirts and so on, in public. I still wear my dresses & skirts at home. Yes, even after 8 years, I still find peace in dressing. I wish you the best of good fortune as you navigate through this awful time. xx

I feel like my urges to be feminine and my pink fog often come at periods of high stress, and it almost always feels better. There?s something to this I think.

While I don't CD to relax, I do find it very relaxing to do so. At bedtime, if I slip into a night gown or some babydoll pjs, I do feel much more relaxed and often get to sleep a lot quicker... although I do have to admit that if I wake up during the night, it seems harder to go back to sleep when dressed.

Go figure...

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So sorry to hear about your wife. Such a horrible thing.
I have been there too many times. 3rd time happening now with my sister.

Crossdressing can certainly be a huge stress relief for me.
But more important is the care and hapiness of your wife at a time like this.
If you find free time to enjoy some dressed time. Then of course you should go for it.
Whatever it takes to get you thru this troubled times.

I worked in a professional environment which dictated daily confrontational interactions. There were times when I just had to take a "vacation" day to reset. It was remarkable how refreshing it was to become a clone of June Cleaver or Harriet Nelson; don that bib apron and do domestic chores in dress, hosiery and heels. I attend a weekly support group of veterans who have the lingering effects of engaging in combat. I am the sole person who did not bury that past with drugs and alcohol. It always seems that society is more forgiving of those who did become addicted to drugs and alcohol and cast aside those who may have transformed into a woman's world for the day. Addicted to drugs and alcohol or wearing women's clothing? Take your pick?