The longer term members will have read most of this before, so apologies to them! Apologies also that this might get a bit wordy!
My interest in 'female' things started when I was about 4 years old. It blosssomed into a 'need' to wear girls clothes ( in private) when I hit puberty. At age 22-ish, I sat myself down and thought about a full transition, but I knew that like it or not, I am male not female, much as I wish it were different.
I went though life dressing, with full make-up etc, as often as I could but then there came periods when for several years at a time, that need simply evaporated and it was all put away.
At the time I understood none of it but it never worried me and I just accepted it as part of who/what I am.
About 5 years ago, I read 'Flat to Fem' and discovered that it was apparently fairly simple to grow breasts, something which I had never even thought about before. This was at a point shortly after I had started dressing again after several years abstinence, and I decided to give it a try ( wouldn't it be nice to have something real inside my bra????!!!!). To cut a long story short, the simple herbs didn't do anything but I then discovered BN...and PM... and three months later things started to happen...Wow!!!
Shortly after that, somebody ( Bryony?) posted a link to the work of Dr Anne Vitale and suddenly my whole life dropped into focus, even things which I had never thought related made sense. There isnt time to go into all of it now, but it explains the abstinences, the periods of dressing and many other factors of my life, together with things Ive said and done for no obvious reason at the time. Now I have no idea if it is truly related to my mothers hormone balance during pregnancy, but I am absolutely certain that for some hormonal reason, my brain, or part of it, NEEDS to express a female side and that has nothing to do with having breasts as such.
So where am I now? I'm currently going up and down between 1 and 3 x500mg PM per day. A couple of years back my personal circumstances changed and I am currently not able to dress in female clothing, however at this PM level that isnt a problem, I dont have the need. I do sometimes think it might be nice, but then the thought goes away. If I stop completely for more than about 3-4 weeks, the need to dress will return and will drive me insane, I know, I've tried it!! Then, a couple of weeks back on PM will stop that need and bring me back again to where I am now.
So trying to transition would be a disaster for me, I know. I'm quite sure that full HRT would totally kill my wish for femaleness!