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Is stress a factor in your life?
Is stress a factor in your life?
I was going to add this to the ‘Who to tell you’re TG’ thread but thought Amanda may think it off topic.
After reading Kristana’s post on stress and Psoriasis it got me to thinking about stress in my life and the problems it had caused me. My wife had discovered my secret and would have nothing to do with it.
I had little chance for cross dressing apart from the odd stolen moment. That coupled with financial problems and a marriage that was in its death throes caused an enormous amount of stress that I was not really aware of. I had been suffering from Psoriasis for many years and nothing seemed to help.The marriage broke up, she shifted out, and I could dress to my hearts content. Much of the financial pressure had gone, and hey presto so had the Psoriasis never to return again. I have often wondered what other health problems the unrelenting stress may have caused.
I am just wondering, if for others, is stress a factor in your life and if it has caused any health problems that you are aware of?
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I stopped dressing for a period of about seven years and during that time my then wife and I had a great relationship. However we bought a house that needed a huge amount of renovation and the stress and financial pressures were terribly stressful, I started dressing again as a form of relief. Once we had sorted the house out and finished the renos I continued dressing, but I felt as though I was walking on thin ice and in the end I was discovered and the marriage broke down. Within a couple of months I felt a lot better, I knew I could dress and that feeling of butterflies in the stomach and the dull feeling in the head were gone. Since then (close on six years) I have dressed whenever I wanted and felt far better doing it.
I think the pressure of keeping the secret from my then wife caused me enormous stresses and my mental health suffered because of it, now I wake with a clear head, a greater amount of certainty and no butterflies….
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Hello Tgr’er’s
Stress used to be a factor in my life. Extremely busy career with lots of getting on and off planes and staying in hotels on three continents, plus a marriage which was on thin ice from the early days of same when Caty came out to my then wife and ultimately ended in divorce.
Cross dressing was a big relief from all these pressures as Catherine Louise took me to some very peaceful places, (well with the exception of being robbed when dressed and being spooked by some down market “BDSM” accomodation in the UK one time).
Other family pressures during this time also took a severe toll, to the extent that my GP prescribed anti depressants which I refused to take.A good counsellor helped me through this very stressful time as did my beloved as referred to below.
Cut to the present and a peaceful and happy retirement with a now long standing and loving partner and life is pretty good. Only stresses are having to ensure no evidence of Caty’s re-emergence is left laying around where it should not oughta be. For as most people in this forum know, she does not know about Caty and I dont want her to.
Thus in summary I guess it’s a case of “hang in there” if it’s all getting too much and have faith that somehow some way, it will turn around for the best for each individual
Caty
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I can remember a lot of stress, worrying at work that I hadn’t left any evidence laying around for my wife to find. Having to pack everything away carefully and conceal it ever so cleverly, so no one would ever find it.
Life is much calmer now, since telling my wife I have my own wardrobe. Money or the lack of it is the only stressful thing in my life now. Just went shopping with a budget of $200 for my wife and I and had to leave some things at the register, so embarrassing but what can you do.
