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Why these new desires?

Discussion in 'Sexual Orientation' started by Stephanie1, Aug 12, 2017.

  1. Stephanie1

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    In my mid-20's and trying to come to terms with some powerful urges. Just a couple years ago what started out as minor crossdressing has become so strong that I have to have on at least some kind of feminine clothing day and night, and I am fully dressed with full makeup whenever possible. And it has been accompanied by growing gay desires. This has happened so fast that it is scary. I am shocked when I see myself in a mirror. Is this a midlife crisis? What is going on?
     
  2. I suppose you could look at it as a mid-life crisis, but chances are, this isn't going to go away. If you look at it as a problem, it will be extremely difficult to handle. Just as you embrace cross-dressing (even if it began as only a hobby), you should embrace these new feelings too. Play around with it maybe. Let yourself explore the idea and options without thinking of it as a bad thing.
     
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    Thanks! I have been resisting further changes to my sexual orientation but it is becoming a daily struggle. I want to give in so bad that it haunts me but the required changes in who I have always thought of myself and who I have portrayed myself to others would be immense and harmful to relationships. I feel I am at a difficult crossroad where any decision is a bad decision.
     
  4. Do the people that you care about have a problem with your cross-dressing?
     
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    Hi
    this may be bad or terrible advice, but im in your exact postion mid 20s crossdress, sexuality.
    ever since i got to 19/20, these urges cam to crossdress, i tried to suppress it, it came back worse and worse. it led me to self to try to get rid of it. u need to embrace it theres nothing. its who u r, dont look at as bad or wrong. accpet. when i finally accepted i was happy and did see it as wrong anymore and have a loving partner and do drag.
    this isnt going away, for me it was like crossdress i love doing but it was the begining of me coming out away for me to be ok with being bi, a away that i was showing my inner was telling me i was bipan.
     
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    I have been very secretive in crossdressing. A couple may suspect me but I have really worked hard at keeping it in the closet.
    But perhaps it is better to have some unfulfilled areas of your life than it is to hurt others.
     
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    i have really homophobic parents and friends, would being gay or cd hurt people other than there consept of what u or men should be. my friend dont talk to me because they dont like that im in love with a guy. im fem my oarents hate that, they think men should be masc and i have to act like this.
    in the end if u cant be happy and is miserble in the long run, what is the point of it
     
  8. There's a difference between unfulfilled and living a lie. If you don't think you are straight and what you are feeling now is who you are, then maybe you should consider not hiding it. Suppressing it will just hurt yourself.
     
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    Understood and I appreciate your input! But I am not sure of who I am. I have been, or at least thought I have been, a hetero most of my life. Can a person change his sexual orientation in their 20's and in just a couple years? Not what I would have believed before. Maybe this is just a passing phase in which I will lose interest? I keep hoping my crossdressing will subside but so far no luck on that account so I remain undecided.
     
  10. mlm1234

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    you can change your sexuality. but dont have to recognise it to later in your life. i didnt and i had gf before/ CD hope cn be a double edge knife sometimes