The decrease in need to cross-dress is common to virtually all of us. As is the re-emergence of that desire after abstaining from PM for only a short while ( about 3 weeks for me).
I think ( but could be wrong and if so I apologise) that the only ones who have not experienced the lessening of cross-dressing needs are those members who have subsequently gone on to full blown TS reassignment.
This is something that we discussed on here at length back last autumn ( from memory) and ties in with some work done in the US by Anne Vitale. Basically the premise is that in the womb the level of maternal androgens is too low at a critical point and the fetus brain gets programmed to expect a certain background level of female hormones which of course as a genetic boy, the male system doesn't provide. Those who are affected therefore go through life drawn to express a feminine side which is programmed into our brains, but perfectly well aware of being male and being happy at that, with no drive to chop bits off!
This can lead to all sorts of confusion and anger throughout life, but a dose of PM acts to bring the hormone balance in the body back to where the womb programming left it. In doing this we lose the drive to express our femininity in the only other way possible, which is with the clothing and makeup, etc. and those who have had shall we say, a fiery personality, find themselves happily calmer and more tolerant.
As for the 'male' hobbies, this I suspect goes with the numbers of T-folk I've known who join one of the armed services, or take other overtly 'male' jobs ( railwayman, truck driver, merchant seaman, etc), or take up body-building or agressive/adrenaline-junkie sports, and is a way of subconciously saying to the world ( if not ourselves) "Look at me doing this, I AM male!!"
As I posted on another thread a couple of days ago, I used to find a conflict in being dressed and trying to pursue my model making at the same time. I suspect the two sides of me were competing for dominance at that point - Pansy Mae was saying to her male half - "Go away, these are my few precious minutes", whereas the male side was thinking " Yes, I know that but I have to get this finished for next Saturday and it doesn't matter what I am wearing!"
Now however my head is in balance with my hormones and I'm quite happy to wear what I like and do what I like at the same time.
...or something along those lines, anyway!!!
I think ( but could be wrong and if so I apologise) that the only ones who have not experienced the lessening of cross-dressing needs are those members who have subsequently gone on to full blown TS reassignment.
This is something that we discussed on here at length back last autumn ( from memory) and ties in with some work done in the US by Anne Vitale. Basically the premise is that in the womb the level of maternal androgens is too low at a critical point and the fetus brain gets programmed to expect a certain background level of female hormones which of course as a genetic boy, the male system doesn't provide. Those who are affected therefore go through life drawn to express a feminine side which is programmed into our brains, but perfectly well aware of being male and being happy at that, with no drive to chop bits off!
This can lead to all sorts of confusion and anger throughout life, but a dose of PM acts to bring the hormone balance in the body back to where the womb programming left it. In doing this we lose the drive to express our femininity in the only other way possible, which is with the clothing and makeup, etc. and those who have had shall we say, a fiery personality, find themselves happily calmer and more tolerant.
As for the 'male' hobbies, this I suspect goes with the numbers of T-folk I've known who join one of the armed services, or take other overtly 'male' jobs ( railwayman, truck driver, merchant seaman, etc), or take up body-building or agressive/adrenaline-junkie sports, and is a way of subconciously saying to the world ( if not ourselves) "Look at me doing this, I AM male!!"
As I posted on another thread a couple of days ago, I used to find a conflict in being dressed and trying to pursue my model making at the same time. I suspect the two sides of me were competing for dominance at that point - Pansy Mae was saying to her male half - "Go away, these are my few precious minutes", whereas the male side was thinking " Yes, I know that but I have to get this finished for next Saturday and it doesn't matter what I am wearing!"
Now however my head is in balance with my hormones and I'm quite happy to wear what I like and do what I like at the same time.
...or something along those lines, anyway!!!