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I've been randomly pondering the Weird thing I did as a child? Would like a explanation? thread, and how it made me consider the possibility that exposing one's diaper waistband to someone who knows you wear might feel good because it reinforces your unconscious sense of acceptance, aaand...
I was thinking about the human need to feel acceptance from others, and how when people experience psychological trauma they often try to re-live the past as a way of controlling it, re-writing it, or by seeking out the acceptance or attention they didn't get in the original experience(s), aaand...
I came up with another theory, that might apply to some of us (or not).
What if, as diaper-wearing toddlers, we craved attention from our caregivers, and... developed a Pavlovian connection between having a wet diaper and being changed -- a process during which we got our caregiver's undivided attention, and felt loved and cared for. Wet diaper = cuddles and attention imminently!
Maybe, by wearing and using diapers as adults, we're unconsciously trying to recreate the feelings of love and acceptance (or simply attention) that we got from diaper changes as young kids...? Maybe the Pavlovian association is so strong that we still associate the sensation of a wet diaper with feelings of being changed... and thus being cared-for and loved...?
I'm sure there are lots of other things going on, and everyone's different, and we can all get to the same place via different paths, but... what do you think...?
Is this possible...? Do you think this theory could even partly explain how some people became interested in wearing diapers post-potty-training...?
:dunno:
I was thinking about the human need to feel acceptance from others, and how when people experience psychological trauma they often try to re-live the past as a way of controlling it, re-writing it, or by seeking out the acceptance or attention they didn't get in the original experience(s), aaand...
I came up with another theory, that might apply to some of us (or not).
What if, as diaper-wearing toddlers, we craved attention from our caregivers, and... developed a Pavlovian connection between having a wet diaper and being changed -- a process during which we got our caregiver's undivided attention, and felt loved and cared for. Wet diaper = cuddles and attention imminently!
Maybe, by wearing and using diapers as adults, we're unconsciously trying to recreate the feelings of love and acceptance (or simply attention) that we got from diaper changes as young kids...? Maybe the Pavlovian association is so strong that we still associate the sensation of a wet diaper with feelings of being changed... and thus being cared-for and loved...?
I'm sure there are lots of other things going on, and everyone's different, and we can all get to the same place via different paths, but... what do you think...?
Is this possible...? Do you think this theory could even partly explain how some people became interested in wearing diapers post-potty-training...?
:dunno: