What is a diaper fetish and how do you know if you have one?

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Paraphilic infantilism is the desire to wear diapers and be treated as a helpless infant. [1] One who engages in infantilistic play is known as an adult baby (AB) or teen baby (TB), depending on age. About one in three adult babies is also a diaper lover (DL)[2][3], so they are collectively known as AB/DLs[4]. The majority of infantilists are heterosexual males[5].

Infantilism and diaper fetishes differ in self-image and the focus of attention. However, they can coexist in individuals and have some similarities in practice. Neither include a sexual preference for children. There is no singular, archetypical infantilism, but a range. Some fantasize about being free of guilt, responsibility, or control while others might not. Some act indistinguishably from a baby at times, while others practice in a way that would be unnoticed by passers by on the street. The desires and tastes of infantilists vary around common themes of diapers and babyhood.

"Diaper lover" (or DL for short) is the popular term for a person who feels a strong desire to wear or use diapers without physiological necessity. This paraphilia is differentiated from infantilism in that those of the latter category are also focused with returning to babyhood in ways other than by wearing diapers. These desires are not in any way related to pedophilia or infantophilia.

In many cases, the desire for these acts is of a sexual nature, in which case it is classed as a sexual fetish; but in other cases it is non-sexual, where the wearer derives a sense of comfort and safety from wearing diapers, and may not even use them.

It is also very possible that someone with this fetish may or may not want to go to a full intent of use of the diapers. Some might simply want to look at images of other people taking part in the fetish, or drawings made by artists depicting this fetish.

It can be common for a diaper lover to feel ashamed and isolated in their desires and most try to hide this desire from others. Until the rise of online services and the Internet, few persons interested in the subject had contact with any others. The CompuServe Adult Human Sexuality Forum established an "Adult Babies" section in 1987, which may have been the first online community based on sharing interests similar to this. Today, there are many websites dedicated to various facets of the fetish.

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SHORT ANSWER: A FETISH is any object or action that causes an erotic response from something not normally associated with sexual nature. There are many, many fetishes. Shoes, feet, smelling feet, wearing panties, smelling someones hair, wearing a diaper, silk sheets, the list goes on and on.... A fetish is considered a harmless activity or attraction to a particular item. If you like wearing diapers, and get any sort of sexual gratification or excitement, you have a diaper fetish. <<<ADR>>>

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