Paraphilia pride?

siphon wrote:

YouthRightsRadical wrote:I did, in fact, have T-shirts made.

what did the t-shirt say on it?

No words. It just had the GLogo on the front. I figured seeing someone wearing it in the real world would hopefully provide some comfort to the handful of pedophiles who knew about it, but who's interactions have only ever been online. I don't know if it worked, but it made me feel a lot less dishonest wearing it.

I'm not proud to a pedophile or having a farting fetish. I feel very isolated by it and I have no one to talk to about it. So no, I wish I didn't have a paraphilia.

at least a farting fetish isn't illegal.

Surely lighting kids' farts isn't specifically mentioned in legislation?

I'm proud of being a non contact pedophile, I've never touched a little girl despite the quite incredible chances I ave had to do so, and I will die knowing I have been hurt but I have never hurt anybody else. something to be proud about I think.

I am having less and less shame for being a pedophile. I love describing myself as such. All to most peoples horror. lol

I'm full of pride for my slavery and masochism. I love all of it. Part of the definition of slave heart says: " A slave has a right to feel joy and pride in their slavery and in service to a Master."

My masochism was a bit more difficult. At first, I felt a lot of shame and confusion about my masochism.

From the time I was 12 to the time I was 17 I was addicted to cutting myself. I hated myself, and it felt good. That rush of endorphin.. there's nothing like it. And it's probably one of the cheapest addictions I know of! You buy one implement, and you're set for a long time.

When I stopped, my life became even more chaotic than it was while I was cutting.

After I was introduced to consensual masochism, I was scared. I was afraid that I was allowing other people to hurt me because I still hated myself. But the intent is completely different. Now the pain is intended with love. Pain is the easiest avenue I know of for me to reach catharsis.

I can slightly sympathize with the legal issues of paraphilias. But it's only slight. Typically if a doctor ever sees a bruise on me, all I have to do is get the words "kinky sex" out of my mouth, and they've lost interest. But I do know people in the community that have dealt with the threat of law suits because the wrong person saw a bad bruise or scars. It's a tricky situation.

I think that all people who are trying hard not to hurt people despite obstacles should be proud. They're tough people in situations that are slightly less tough than they are. And you know what? Paraphilias can actually help the world if you deal with them the right way, don't hurt anyone as a result of them, and use the fact that you have or might have a paraphilia or paraphilias as a reason and way to try to understand people who are different than most, and help them keep from hurting others, themselves, or animals. But I do think that paraphiles need to be extremely careful about who they come out to. Most people think for sure that or get worried that all paraphiles are horrible people who are okay with hurting other people or hurting animals, only think about sex or think way too much about it, or only care about sexual wants. And a lot of non-paraphiles would be worried about the paraphile. Worried that people will hurt him or her or that he or she will hurt themselves. And, of course, some paraphilias are illegal and immoral to act on in certain ways, so some some paraphiles have to worry that even if they haven't broken any laws, the police will be called because someone will be afraid that they have. But there are some non-paraphiles who it's safe to come out to because they don't think any of these things or try not to. But paraphilia pride is rampant in this forum, thank God!

TheComedianDreamer wrote:I think that all people who are trying hard not to hurt people despite obstacles should be proud. They're tough people in situations that are slightly less tough than they are. And you know what? Paraphilias can actually help the world if you deal with them the right way, don't hurt anyone as a result of them, and use the fact that you have or might have a paraphilia or paraphilias as a reason and way to try to understand people who are different than most, and help them keep from hurting others, themselves, or animals. But I do think that paraphiles need to be extremely careful about who they come out to. Most people think for sure that or get worried that all paraphiles are horrible people who are okay with hurting other people or hurting animals, only think about sex or think way too much about it, or only care about sexual wants. And a lot of non-paraphiles would be worried about the paraphile. Worried that people will hurt him or her or that he or she will hurt themselves. And, of course, some paraphilias are illegal and immoral to act on in certain ways, so some some paraphiles have to worry that even if they haven't broken any laws, the police will be called because someone will be afraid that they have. But there are some non-paraphiles who it's safe to come out to because they don't think any of these things or try not to. But paraphilia pride is rampant in this forum, thank God!

I should mention, though, that I'm not proud, currently. I'm trying to become permanently proud, though.

I should mention, though, that I'm not proud, currently. I'm trying to become permanently proud, though.

For many people, it's a long journey.
I'm absolutely 100% proud now, but I wasn't always proud.