How is diaper fetishism related to depression particularly depression associated with major childhood trauma and feelings of abandonment?

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Maybe you could clarify your question or give more information. I'm not sure exactly what you are asking.

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In different ways we all "go back to the womb." We are out there thinking we have the answers to almost everything and that we are strong enough for anything, but life can sure take care of that off and on, and so we are faced with the reality of it all.

I do know of certain people with fetishes, but, like the other poster I am not sure what the one you describe is. Usually if we have been terribly abused or hurt in some way in our childhood we will often grab on to what makes us feel secure. From a diaper, favorite blanket, doll, etc. It depends on what age you are as well. Sometimes if you see a newborn baby and smell the baby powder etc., it brings back good memories of more innocent times. Smells are a great part of our existence and can trigger the good or the bad. Sight, sound, smell and taste.

Marcy

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A DIAPER FETISH, like any other fetish, is a fixation on something that arouses the person sexually. I don't know of any studies that link depression or rotten childhoods directly to a fetish.

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"Diaper fetish" is a blanket label used on anyone who wears diapers without an actual need to. Practioners call ourselves a.b.d.l., usually writen either abdl or ab/dl. The initials stand for adult baby-diaper lover. Adult babys and diaper lovers are 2 distinct types of diaper wearers (but every person is different, so a person might be purely one or the other or they could be 50%-50% both or any other possible percentage of either one).

A diaper lover is the one that the "diaper fetish" label actually applies to. The wearer gets sexually aroused wearing diapers & they are used in masturbation and/or sexplay.

An adultbaby can also be a diaperlover, but it can't be assumed they are. Adultbaby is a nonsexual practice (by itself). An adultbaby is a person that practices AGE REGRESSION play-role playing that they are a baby or todler. An adult baby acts like a baby or toddler. They might have adult sized baby clothes, drink from a bottle, suck their thumb, play with baby toys-whatever you might associate with babys they might encorporate in their practices. Trauma, depression, stress & most of all feelings of abandonment (often in childhood, but at any age) are the catalysts most cited by ab's as what started their age play. The reasons are simple & Marcy gave them but to make it a little easier for an outsider to understand; If you feel abandoned, becoming a baby or toddler again takes you back to the time when you were most surrounded by loving nurturing people-so it eases feelings of abandonment. Parents or other adults try to protect babies/toddlers and keep them safe-so being a baby/toddler brings back some of those safe & protected feelings.

Diaper wearing might seem bizarre or perverted to an outside observer, it isn't really. It's just another in the many different ways people address their emotional & sexual wellbeing. You'll never have to change someone with a "diaper fetish"'s diaper and an adultbaby wants themself to be babied, so neither involves children in anyway or should create any harsh opinions from outsiders.

If you think someone has a diaper fetish, so what if they do?

BUT If you think someone close to you has a diaper fetish because of trauma & feelings of abandonment, the diapers are irrelevent-you need to help them deal with the trauma & make sure they know you are there & that you haven't abandoned them.

-Diapered

This guy is the most correct here, I'll put it in a nut shell though. It isn't cause of past abuse, atleast to me. Its just something that isn't "socially acceptable" so it is viewed as maybe sick or wrong, though it shouldn't be. some people are forced to whear one, others it just makes them feel comfortable or arroused.

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Most of us NEVER want to admit it, but there are times in our life (even past traumatic memories) where we often will fall sleep in a fetal position (that's how we are in the mother's womb) for protection. Some people may have tantrums, whining just as they did when they were a child. Wanting to wear diapers is a sign of wanting to hold onto your childhood. It soothes the person. They know inside that this is not normal and it isn't. Each of us has to be pushed out of the nest and we fly or we don't. Psychological counseling is a must in this case.

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