Who else makes their stress and unhappiness go away when wearing women's clothes?

[Jane G]

Walking on the moors is where I go to relieve stress. Nothing better that I know. Once after an awful week at work I packed my climbing gear, walked to the heart of the moor and abseiled down a tor there. Options:- forget work and focus on what I was doing there and then, or fall off and die. Worked a treat for me.

Happily I am now retired, so very little stress in my life and far more dress, in my life. Though dressing has always helped me feel content and at one with who I am, I don't think it directly helps me personally with stress.

[DianeT]

Dressing is my own private personal spa. I concentrate on myself and the outside world dissolves for a while. Immersing myself in a good book can have this soothing effect too, but the sensation of feminine clothes hugging me is yet another ecstasy level. Aren't we strange beasts.

[sometimes_miss]

Basically, crossdressing relieves the gender identity dysphoria for me; I guess I'm lucky that is all it takes. So yes, it relieves some stress, and the unhappiness that accompanies it.

[DanielleCD]

Tho there are many things that will cause stress in our lives... one for me is when I don't have the opportunity to dress! Life can be grand but if I haven't had any feminine time... ugh!

[CharlotteCD]

It's not that the act of dressing relieves stress because I am dressing, it's because I'm not pretending to be my male self any more. That's the stress relief.

I don't need to be dressed to feel that same relief - if I am with people who know my trans self then I am also more comfortable in ring myself with them.

I've just bought myself a new sports bra, yoga vest and leggings. I can't wait for the stress relief I will get next time I do some yoga!

[Barbara Jo]

I am the opposite....

If I have occasional stress (not related to CDing of course) I do not feel like "dressing" as much
Although, I do more or less dress and live as female at home. 24-7

Anyway It's when I have no stress is when I feel like dressing and being totally female the most. .

[Chelsea B]

BINGO! You have nailed it.

It's not stress exactly that is relieved. It's more like a gap in my psyche that is being filled. I feel great emotionally when I dress, When I am not dressed, the notion that I can keeps me very upbeat. And its fun to do CD related activities too, like looking at women's clothing catalogs and talking about it to others - like here at the forum.

[Christina89]

I definitely feel less stressed and an increase in happiness when I am dressed. It has help me get over some rough nights at work.