Reply To: Could crossdressing be considered an addiction?

[Wanda Ovahear]

Gravel eaters and the like are obsessive-compulsive not addicts. There’s lots of good articles you can read on the differences. An addiction can be satiated by being acted upon (although dependency can increase, of course), compulsions cannot. There is definitely a dopamine hit to be had from being en femme and you can get hooked on that. But “the life” is more complex , as many of you other ladies have noted. It’s a bit like the thread on “is it sexual”. When I first started dressing again just wearing panties was a dopamine rush and got me wet. Now I have to be “dressed to kill” and expecting sex for that to happen, just like any other gal. “It is who you are” becomes the predominant feature of a multifaceted way of life.