Quote Originally Posted by busker
Is Oedipus our model?
[SIZE="2"]More like Hermaphroditus, or perhaps Narcissus – failing that, my model is Pico onii-chan… [/SIZE]

I'm one of the CDs who would like to understand why I do what I do, and I know there are others here of the same mind. I'm inclined to believe that it is more psychological in origin than chemical and that might explain why we didn't all start at puberty as is clear from the many stories related here on the forum. Hormonal changes at puberty are pretty uniform among humans around the world but our psychological lives would be varied and seem closer to an explanation for various starting points.
[SIZE="2"]I am also one of the CD’s who likes to look into the whys and wherefores of crossdressing, in other words, I'm not suzy1! In my case, the urge to wear girl’s clothes may have originated during puberty, but it took a long time to actually happen, mainly because of my environment, and the lack of any “handy” female clothing lying around – is this psychological or “chemical?” The way I see it, I just wasn’t lucky. With this in mind, I’m highly amused by any and all speculation about the origins of CD’ing. I think you have to be pre-disposed to even try this stuff, i.e. either have a sensitive nature at odds with masculinity, or a highly charged sexual nature that drives experimentation along gender lines. Since I am imbued with BOTH of the latter, I may be lucky after all!

One more question – can chemistry be psychological?
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