Aside from being fraught with secrecy, guilt and diminished self-esteem, a CD's life can get out of control. Many CDs become obsessed with their self-feminization. Some lose all sense of judgment, balance, and perspective. Some let their cross dressing jeopardize important personal relationships and responsibilities. Some let the desire to dress turn them into social pariahs who reject the straight world entirely and rely solely on other CDs for companionship, direction, and support.
Some CDs come to swim in an exclusive cross dressing milieu.
That milieu sometimes exhibits a herd mentality which uses peer pressure to challenge its members to press envelopes and engage in activities that aren't altogether wise or salutary. If you do a Web search, you'll find tons of pictures of CDs dressing in various forms of finery. You'll also find lots of links to information on where to get oversized heels, find lingerie, or learn clever strategies for disguising a beard. But you won't find much on dealing with guilt, learning coping skills, or controlling compulsive desires and impulses. That's why I put up this section.