13-04-2015, 12:10 PM
I've read through a few of the articles. My early impression was the concepts are over-simplified, but upon further reading I realized that's not the case.
I do believe that GD has multiple causes, and I believe that many of the members here express a number of those causes. One reason I tend to avoid most of the boards dedicated to TG/TS issues is that most of them reject any idea of autogynephila. I found this article very interesting:
http://thirdwaytrans.com/2015/03/10/on-agp/
The most interesting part to me was the discussions of the systems of the brain that control "attraction" and "lust". The author's conclusion that AGP is not a fetish (since the attraction system of the brain is involved as well as the lust system) was something that I had never considered.
My ultimate goal is to successfully resolve my GD. Some find that transition is the only way to do that, but for others (and I include myself here) transition is not the answer. The author theorizes above that it should be possible to break the "attachment" component of AGP because that component is responsible for the forming of relationships (and humans routinely make and break relationships). He cautions that this can only occur when the underlying psychological cause for attachment is removed. He also says that the "erotic imprinting" (the lust component) cannot be changed.
I'm personally going to explore this direction a bit more. To be able to truly eliminate my GD would be the best outcome I could imagine.
Misty
I do believe that GD has multiple causes, and I believe that many of the members here express a number of those causes. One reason I tend to avoid most of the boards dedicated to TG/TS issues is that most of them reject any idea of autogynephila. I found this article very interesting:
http://thirdwaytrans.com/2015/03/10/on-agp/
The most interesting part to me was the discussions of the systems of the brain that control "attraction" and "lust". The author's conclusion that AGP is not a fetish (since the attraction system of the brain is involved as well as the lust system) was something that I had never considered.
My ultimate goal is to successfully resolve my GD. Some find that transition is the only way to do that, but for others (and I include myself here) transition is not the answer. The author theorizes above that it should be possible to break the "attachment" component of AGP because that component is responsible for the forming of relationships (and humans routinely make and break relationships). He cautions that this can only occur when the underlying psychological cause for attachment is removed. He also says that the "erotic imprinting" (the lust component) cannot be changed.
I'm personally going to explore this direction a bit more. To be able to truly eliminate my GD would be the best outcome I could imagine.
Misty