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lynn P. · 03:10 PM

Hi Unconstruct,

I think sharing your fetish in a supportive atmosphere will be very therapudic for you. Like you said, sharing your beliefs with others who believe the same is easy. Part of what makes the fetish a problem, is the secrecy and shame that's attached to it. I don't think you're a pervert. I also don't think you should strive for curing it, although you said you wish it would go away. I think you should approach it, from the point of controlling it for now. I did some research and unfortunately there aren't alot of studies or guaranteed treatment success stories -so I wouldn't want you to come to this, thinking you need to conquer it - this might lead to disappointment. It said most of the people with this fetish are happy and don't want to change, so that why there isn't alot of research. I think taking thebrave step of bringing this to the general public of PC, is a valuable step in the right direction. As you can see, we're not rejecting or sitting in shock with our mouths open. If we shame you, this would make you retreat and further reinforce your fetish.

There must be some therapist who deals with this and it's just a matter of finding one. In the information I found, it stated there isn't alot of studies dealing with this because it's secretive and most don't want to change. It also pointed out that most men who do this behavior are very law abiding citizens, so there's no police records dealing with problems resulting from this fetish - meaning you're generally good people.

I found some reference that it would be good to search into where this first started in your childhood. Can you recall the first time this happened. One article stated that perhaps as a child, they were encouraged to be mature before they were ready, so they rebelled and went the opposite way - back to being a baby. I'm also wondering if this behavior is a way of 'depersonalizing' away from your regular role in society. Perhaps there was something that made you feel, you needed to regress as a child. To explain this further, are you doing this to regress away from what you feel you should be doing? This could explain you engaging it more, when you're stressed - it's a form of escape. Maybe you're afraid deep inside that you can't handle having a significant other, so you keep this fetish - which acts like a barrier, which prevents you from having the life you yearn for. I could be wrong on some of these possible speculations, but I'm just tossing these ideas around, hoping you'll have a 'lightbulb moment".

I think it you tune into what event or point in your life were you at, that started this, you will better understand it. I also think you should tap into the fear of letting it go/controlling it and come to terms with how you would handle life without it. There might be a little fear about welcoming a significant other, into your solitary life. I think you're grappling with you want a significant other(but you don't) - you need to trade it with your fetish. Significant other needs versus controlling your fetish.

I think it's good you came here and now you know what you want -to at least understand your fetish, so you can control it, to have a more fulfilling life. I'll give you a link that I saw was good - there is some religious things I don't like - just disregard that. I don't believe this can be cured by being more religious! I think you need to give yourself more credit, that you're not a weirdo or pervert -not a danger to society or children. If you remove the shame from the fetish, this would help you control it more. Here is the link I found:

http://understanding.infantilism.org/what_causes_infantilism.php