tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post1808082630363651640..comments2024-03-26T16:19:11.382-07:00Comments on Crossdreamers: Does the effects of hormones on transgender people prove that crossdreaming has a biological component?Sally Molayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015510914816971645noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-26078079136101360992018-03-26T01:13:16.458-07:002018-03-26T01:13:16.458-07:00I know most of you will not like this but I just h...I know most of you will not like this but I just have a desire to have my nuts cut off.<br />I don't even want to become a woman.<br />I just don't want to remain a man...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-30547997225414256712015-07-07T11:46:30.922-07:002015-07-07T11:46:30.922-07:00I didn't know that taking estrogen and antiand...I didn't know that taking estrogen and antiandrogens work in alleviating excessive cross dreaming for people transitioning into the other sex. I would expect that this would be very beneficial so that transgender people struggling with crossdreaming can come to be the people they want to be while still living normal, balanced lives. They are trying to become the normal person they want to be, so taking these hormones to alleviate the excessive and sometimes erotic thoughts of becoming the other gender will definitely allow them to transition easily and go about living their lives. Thanks for the insight on cross dreaming and what it is! http://www.genemedics.com/hormone-replacement-therapy-for-women-michigan/ Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406116279084689906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-77621752372056198192015-05-05T18:32:34.976-07:002015-05-05T18:32:34.976-07:00This is really great ! Crossdreaming is becoming o...This is really great ! Crossdreaming is becoming obsessive for me sometimes (I describe it as waves with peak period) and I would love to be able to wear female clothes longer because now that would just make me aroused. It is so powerfully erotic to me that it's becoming uncomfortable. I really don't know if I need to take hormones, it's really scary but at least there's a hope that I can control myself or understand if I need to go further.<br />And yes, I have a grown a light dysphoria with many parts of my body. I find females bodies so beautiful while I think mine is just hairy and big ^^`.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-85648867290816480582015-04-26T23:48:38.623-07:002015-04-26T23:48:38.623-07:00@Anonymous
Thank you for your kind words. It help...@Anonymous<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words. It helps to know that what we do here can make a difference, and I am glad that our crossdreamer discussions have helped you and your wife.<br /><br />Maybe I will live to see the day when we do not need sites like this one. I hope so. But until then I will continue to write about crossdreaming.<br /><br />(And Sally sends her best to you and your wife!)Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-6768304543571793542015-04-26T07:50:09.175-07:002015-04-26T07:50:09.175-07:00Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You expressed ex...Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You expressed exactly what I have been trying to put into words for a very very long time. I really think your explanation is hitting the mark. While, it may not explain everything or everyone, it certainly rings true for me and is a great start. Please do not stop your writing and sharing and analysis. <br /><br />Your site has been instrumental in keeping me sane, keeping me connected, helping me sort myself out. My marriage has benefited, my life has benefited, and you may never know how important your writing has been to me. Sally's writing too! Thanks Jack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-51408166416048122112015-04-11T03:34:37.648-07:002015-04-11T03:34:37.648-07:00Anonymous
you are correct in that the ingestion o...Anonymous<br /><br />you are correct in that the ingestion of hormones will have an effect in the physical sense and on brain chemistry which is why each person should proceed with absolute caution. Hormones are not candy and I think they should be avoided unless prescribed by a qualified doctor to help relieve strong and persistent dysphoria. If you can function without them you would be advised to do so.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-77441608038849729512015-04-10T03:37:38.962-07:002015-04-10T03:37:38.962-07:00Nothing new here. Conveniently missing from this p...Nothing new here. Conveniently missing from this post is,<br /><br />1. That there is no given way which hormones will figure within how the individual comes to think.<br /><br />2. The distinction between directly sexually constituted thoughts and deeply engrained emotional attachments derived from sexual thoughts.<br /><br />3. The role sexuality has in how hormones figure for and is judged by the individual, in light of the sexual predispositions distinguished in 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-81077282633434253832015-04-07T12:52:52.211-07:002015-04-07T12:52:52.211-07:00@Flexor
I do get some very positive reports from ...@Flexor<br /><br />I do get some very positive reports from crossdreamers regarding this, even if some -- like Moon -- report some important side effects as well, including bodily changes.<br /><br />Ask a doctor/sexologist first!<br /><br />JackJack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-68364589102913550062015-04-07T12:44:22.323-07:002015-04-07T12:44:22.323-07:00As usual, your articles are a source of informatio...As usual, your articles are a source of information and comfort for me (comfort in the knowledge that I am not alone in feeling this way and that it is not so taboo that people aren't doing studies on cross-dreaming). The use of hormones to help balance a cross-dreamers mind by making it less erotic centric, sounds like it could be a benefit to me and I think I will look into trying it out. I don't think the cross-dreaming part of me is an obsession, but it is very distracting at times, especially when it becomes arousing and I guess to a point, I don't want to admit that it is obsessive. Even if it doesn't work for me, it will be worth a try.Flexorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774522146114639059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-22553433644658000682015-04-07T07:26:32.101-07:002015-04-07T07:26:32.101-07:00Thanks very much, Jack. I'll follow up those r...Thanks very much, Jack. I'll follow up those references, perhaps even try to write something about this myself. But I must admit I struggle with these densely scientific papers; it's good to have people like you who can summarise the findings in layman's terms!Dabrelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548598422760285018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-970770512061408672015-04-06T04:25:27.942-07:002015-04-06T04:25:27.942-07:00@dabrela
I have added some more references to the...@dabrela<br /><br />I have added some more references to the literature list above.<br /><br />The following presentations may also be of interest. Much of the research on receptors is based on experiments with rats. Rats are not human, but our common evolutionary origin may give rise to similarities. <br /><br /><a href="http://alford.bios.uic.edu/download%20folder/NEUS501/NEUS%20501%20Sex%20Differences%20Oct%2024%202014.pdf%22" rel="nofollow">Alford Laboratory Powerpoint</a><br /><br />J.-N. Zhou, M.A. Hofman, L.J. Gooren and D.F. Swaab have <a href="http://www.transgendercare.com/medical/hormonal/brain_sex_diff.htm" rel="nofollow">written on hormone receptors among transsexuals.</a> <a href="http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/Schwaab.pdf" rel="nofollow">See also this paper by Swaab.</a><br /><br />Unfortunately the old controversy regarding androphilic and non-androphilic trans women makes it hard to draw any final conclusions regarding MTF crossdreamers. <br /><br />Moreover, the findings are controversial for a wide variety of reasons, the main one being -- as I see it -- that such research is often too uncritical of the way cultural preconceptions may influence research results.<br /><br />It seems to me that researchers still know to little about receptors to make final conclusions about any of this. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2669491/" rel="nofollow">See for instance this paper.</a>Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-16986328737574828152015-04-05T04:42:25.054-07:002015-04-05T04:42:25.054-07:00@dabrela
I wish I could give you a more precise r...@dabrela<br /><br />I wish I could give you a more precise reference than this, Dabrela. This is indeed an idea I have got from a group of Scandinavian sexologists. I am still looking for a decent literary reference, however. I will let you know.Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-89874640269715404542015-04-05T04:35:41.221-07:002015-04-05T04:35:41.221-07:00“A much simpler model would be to say that the MTF...“A much simpler model would be to say that the MTF crossdreamer/transgender brain is -- to a smaller or larger degree -- calibrated more like a female brain as regards the use of testosterone and estrogen...” I find that a very attractive explanation, Jack. Is that an idea in the published literature, or your own suggestion? In a sidebar you attribute it to “local sexologists”. In my own case, I’m trying to understand why crossdressing interests first surfaced in adolescence but not before. If puberty is the final peak in testosterone secretion, when the brain is most sensitive to such hormonal changes, perhaps that’s when T-production overwhelmed by brain hormone receptor system.Dabrelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548598422760285018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-30456595220907925482015-04-04T10:57:09.511-07:002015-04-04T10:57:09.511-07:00Benjamin prescribed hormones to Doris (one of his ...Benjamin prescribed hormones to Doris (one of his first 10 oatients) who had a history of dressing with sexual arousal.. She eventually divorced and lived out her life as a woman without resorting to surgery. She was well read on the subject and correspondended for many years with Benjamin.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-38385398258184630222015-04-04T01:31:45.291-07:002015-04-04T01:31:45.291-07:00"The pivotal issue becomes not overshooting a...<i>"The pivotal issue becomes not overshooting and then regretting."</i><br /><br />I agree, and I can see why this makes some people look for some kind of litmus test of transsexuality everyone should agree on. Given the complexity of sex and gender, I do not think we will ever find one.<br /><br />This is why it is -- as you imply -- so important to be cautious and give transgender people of all colors and shades time to figure themselves out.Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-83853292647153128712015-04-03T04:06:19.280-07:002015-04-03T04:06:19.280-07:00Jack as usual thoroughly well researched and thoug...Jack as usual thoroughly well researched and thought out. I have noticed that in myself (now in my early fifties) that the waning of any erotic component in my cross gender expression has produced no reduction in my desire to go about my life as a part time woman. If anything the feelings have only grown stronger with age and I am more firmly convinced that there is pre existing biology at play that becomes coupled with erotic overtones at puberty which often helps only to confuse the trabsgendered person. <br /><br />There are numerous examples of people such as Renee Richards, Katherine Cummings and Virginia Prince (to name some notable examples) who started out convinced they were heterosexual cross dressers. All ended up transitioning with no regrets. Therefore I feel it would be facile to assume that all this is about fetish and nothing else. <br /><br />Even proponents of transition through the AGP theory such as Anne Lawrence define the arousal impetus as being part of a more complex overall picture.<br /><br />The hardest part for those afflicted with this condition becomes using the appropriate level of response. Sometimes all that is required is an appropriate level of cross gender expression with or without hormones to manage the dysphoria. The pivotal issue becomes not overshooting and then regretting.<br /><br />best,<br />joannajoanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.com