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>>12522858
No, nothing metaphysical like that. It can help you get over mental blocks you've put on yourself though. I had TOCD (kind of like picrel) when I was a kid so crossdressing helped me overcome some of my compulsions and false ideas about gender. It was more in the line of exposure therapy for me than anything else

>>12477494
It's more like having phantom limb syndrome. Something just doesn't feel right with your body and you tend to dissociate from yourself. Which makes sense as GD is caused by over or under masculinization of the body map area of the brain, a genetic insensitivity or oversensitivity to androgens during specific development periods. It's a mild intersex condition that isn't immediately apparent

>>12290098
No, gender identity doesn't change after birth. Roles and presentation change, but not the core self identification. People transition in their later years because they learn to deal with repression/being honest about how they actually feel rather than an acausal categorical change in gender. You seem to be thinking about gender roles which is something entirely different