The Making Of a TV

by Dr. Iris (52-L-1 FPE)

Every transvestite, I believe, gives his condition a goodly amount of thought; he probable for ever won- ders when it all began and what the future may bring. He knows that something is wrong with him and since. he most likely carries his load quietly, a terrible fear and guilt-complex builds up within him over the years. Some seek psychiatric care, without results, others talk to a priest or minister. Talking to someone usu- ally has a beneficial effect and at this stage the TV most likely packs up his treasure, adds a heavy stone and drops the works over the bridge into the river. He has kicked the habit. Three months later we find him again in the department store and now he buys even prettier things. Some finally learn to live with it but unfortunately some put on their best dress and jump themselves into the river. And all these complications exist because so little is known of this phenomena. Medical textbooks have hardly any information on the subject. I remember when I had abnormal psychology and I could not find any reference in our book; I asked the professor what this "transvestism" was all about. He answered: "Oh, those are just oversexed guys who like to dress up as women." That was all on the sub- ject.

Now when a physician himself is a transvestite you can imagine that he gives these things more than just a bit of thought. My own experiences did not provide much information, at least not enough to build a theory which would fit every TV into a pattern. Nature is in detail very variable but in the final analysis we can find a certain pattern. So let me advance my own the- ory which I have worked out by studying several cases and my own critically.

It seems that we transvestites go through different stages of development. I decided to classify them as

follows:

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