Sunday, February 28, 2010

Infantilism

While reading my psychiatry textbook, I came across an interesting passage. It was in the chapter on sexual disorders, which I find pretty interesting, but this is really just kind of weird:

"one of the more unusual paraphilias is infantilism, in which the person obtains sexual gratification by behaving like an infant. In one such case seen at our hospital, a 30-year-old former fighter pilot reported that he could function sexually only while wearing a diaper and sucking on a pacifier. He enjoyed having his partner change the diaper, apply baby powder, and bottle-feed him. Although the role-play initially was used for sexual gratification, he later found it comforting and generally wore a diaper under his clothing at all times."

I've added the picture for effect :) - enjoy Lisa

3 comments:

Hollie said...

Seriously! What the crap?! He then let them take a picture of him...and I highly doubt he was able to find a "partner" to change his diaper and apply baby powder.

He had to have been sexually abused as a child.

sixskinners said...

So that's what my condition is called. HaHaHa!!! Just kidding.

That is very disturbing and I can't get that picture out of my head. UGH!!! He looks caaaraaazzzy.

deredew said...

hollie, that's not the man from the story. does he look like a 30-yr-old fighter pilot? that's just a random internet picture.