Yes, it really was scary! And in the moment, I was a lot more worried about the potential ongoing fire than I was about me potentially getting seen,...
Diane, don't forget that Flugel wrote his book only about 20 years after Freud came up with "penis-envy". Great strides have been made in psychology...
The crossdressing community is one that needs to stick together and continue to be there for each other for whatever one needs. We are always trying to improve the forum to better serve the crossdresser in all of us.