News of Paraphilias Forum

Hiya all...here is a comprehensive guide to a list of the most common paraphilias......enjoy!

http://www.whatafeeling.net/paraphilia.php

i was looking aimlessly through the forums trying to find out about stuff i'd never heard of. i found this section. i think i'm a masochist. i used to cut myself. now i get tats and piercings. i don't get to many though, 'cause that looks bad (in my opinion) i figure if i'm gonna self-mutilate; it might as well be decorative... i like to submit, but this isn't the case in many social scenarios. ...

I am fifteen and am recovering from psychotic, severe depression.

I think I might be a masochist. I think I like pain, and I have these fantasies where I get hurt. I also have an interest in being abused.

I also think I'm a sadist. I have fantasies where I hurt others, and I think I like them - I also have homicidal thoughts.

Or am I just a hypochondriac ?

OK here goes. This is very difficult for me. I am 50 years old and for as long as I can remember I have been sexually aroused by seeing, talking about, or anything to do with a woman getting her hair cut.

I am ashamed to say that I usually masterbate in connection with this.

I don't know how it started and I can not control it. I am a Christian and do not feel ...

The information in the article Profile Of A Pedophile, at http://www.mental-health-matters.com/ar ... ?artID=273 , contains quite a lot of mistakes.


Some of the characteristics of a pedophile mentioned, with my own comments beneath them:


- Often dates or marries women with children that are the age of his preferred victims.

Comment: Why speak about victims? In the same way a heterophile doesn't necessarily make victims, a pedophile doesn't either. ...

I have a serious shoe fetish, and I am not sure if it is a bad thing or not. I have had this fetish since I was a young child. I have gone through phases of prefering different shoe style, but I have been hooked on clogs and sandals for the last twenty or so years. Whenever I see someone in clogs or just a pair of clogs alone, I get extremely sexually aroused. I ...

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