Just how necessary and practical is CDing in your life? Is it something you can't live without or is it a "nice to have"? Is it a critical function in your everyday life or do you just relegate it to convenient times? Does it control you or do you control it? I was on the emotional roller coaster for many many years before getting a handle on the process of CDing. Like any process if left uncontrolled ,it can be pretty damaging. I finally decided to control it. I used it as a vehicle to help me get in touch with my deep feelings, which in my case were driving it. It's a powerful process indeed and I found the only real way to "beat" it was to make it a total choice rather than let it remain a random compulsion. So, my CDing time is planned and structured and doesn't get "primed" by any outside triggers. The result is, I thoroughly enjoy my time en femme and never have any regrets. The end result is that I can live without it if necessary but it's a "nice to have". How necessary is it in your life?