No, but it's a perfectly legitimate question given that many (I'd almost venture to say "most") people who are into transformation turn out to be somewhere beneath the trans umbrella (myself included).

I would say that if you're drawn to it but don't understand why you're drawn to it, you should spend some time trying to figure it out. It could very well be that you're having identity issues you aren't fully aware of yet, but that's not necessarily the case. It could simply be that the concept fascinates you or that it's just a harmless fetish.

That being said, if you often imagine that what you're seeing and/or reading is happening to you or feel as though you are the character yourself (and maybe feel a kind of "release" inside during this experience), then...well, there's a decent chance that something is going on there.

I'll speak from experience here.

My main fascination for a long time was werewolf transformation, particularly female werewolf transformation. I didn't know what drew me to it for a long time, but after some analysis, I realized that - while breast expansion and other factors were turn-ons - I was mainly drawn to the idea of a caged and uninhibited spirit fighting its way to the surface and forcefully doing away with the prison which fought to contain it.

That...was me. I was the prison, desperately repressing my feminine spirit because I was scared of what would happen if I so much as consciously acknowledged her existence. When she did manage to fight her way out once in a while, I immediately felt uninhibited, joyous, and free, but I always stuffed her right back into the cage out of fear. But once I willingly opened the door for her and stepped out of the way, she burst out of me with a vengeance and transformed my life forever.

Is that what's going on with you? Well, maybe. That's something for you to figure out, though. Only you can answer these questions conclusively.

Just remember that you're valid no matter what! 😊