The issue I have with temporary and sporadic cross gender expression is that one can become a caricature if one isn't careful. This depends on your motivation of course, but for me I couldn't get past a mental barrier until I stopped splitting myself into two halves which wasn't by choice, mind you. Nevertheless it always felt wrong somehow. For I am one person and not two and hiding was making me feel increasingly disgusted. It encouraged psychology that I was flawed plus transgender identities aren't hobbies.
Of course your experience and mileage may vary.
Some of us find out slowly that we aren't made for that type of living and, especially for those who are older, discovered it accidentally through us coming at all this via resistance. We hoped to stay just normal enough to live like everyone else until we realized that this wasn't at all a worthwhile pursuit. Is that the sound of the egg cracking? Yes, I believe it is.
We then look for and find our balance through authenticity and taking our dysphoria seriously.
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