ramennoodles said:
Hello all! So I've been thinking about wearing 24/7 (so much so that I I've gotten myself a therapist and we are discussing the situation if I were to go 24/7). She has asked me to think about some things which I have. I'm just curious on for those who do wear 24/7 what are some of the issues that has sprung up? How did you deal with them? The reason I've been wanting to do this is because I may have body integrity dysphoria, but we still going through the steps to figure that out.
Been there, done that. I'm also somewhat certain my DL-ism is a mild form of BIID. I am recently fully functionaly urinary incontinent too, so I'll give you advice from an always dripping point of view.
99.9% of the time you will be perfectly fine wearing a thick diaper, and you will need to be wearing a diaper at all times. The "what if" and "notice" problems are all just in your head, or fear of being afraid. Seriously, people do not notice unless you make it obvious, and even then most don't care. Though do wear one pant size larger than normal to accomodate the bulk of the diaper, and do make sure to always wear black pants to hide any potential leaks. PUL pants over the diaper also help to catch leaks and help you notice them sooner, as well as muffling any diaper noise.
For at the gym, I will typically wear a disposable cloth diaper. They are thinner and don't last long, but with all that moving around and sweating you will want to change out of it when you're done anyways. Changing a diaper in an open locker room is also a non-issue, unless again you fear being afraid of doing that.
The beach is the only other public area you can openly go around in just your diaper (as I've had confirmed by beach cops). That is, as long as you remain confident and don't act all nervous about it.
You will need to be well practiced in changing in small toilet stalls as this will come up. Get good at it too, because the next challenge is changing in an airplane bathroom. Another important tip is when you take off an old diaper, lay it open on the floor. This will catch any drips while you're putting on the new diaper. Disposing is never a problem though, ugain unless you have those fears. Just roll the diaper up into itself, and take it in hand to the nearest waste bin.
For that other 0.01% of the time, you will need something else to catch those leaks. This is for like just before or after a shower, or when attempting to dry out (i find laying on the bed under a ceiling fan works best for that, and you will need to dry out frequently). For this I use a size 1 baby diaper with the tabs removed. Having these on hand has the added benefit for when I think I might need an extra booster too.