The truth is that the world is strange, much more than we sometimes imagine. There are hundreds of strange words and some of them designate phenomena or behaviors as rare as they are. Autonepiophilia is one of them.
A paraphilia is “a pattern of sexual behavior in which the predominant source of pleasure is found in atypical objects, situations, activities, or individuals.” Among them, autonepiophilia is perhaps the strangest.
People with autonepiophilia (also known as paraphilic infantilism) is a paraphilia characterized by the desire to wear diapers and other baby clothes, as well as to behave as such.
In no case should autonepiophilia be confused with pedophilia, since in no case is the person sexually attracted to children.
Instead, their fantasy lies in being treated like them.
More common than you think
Paraphilic infantilism is more common than you might think. In fact, the documentary “15 Stone-Babies” pointed out that there are between 200,000 and 500,000 adult babies in the United Kingdom alone.
This is so to the point that social circles of autonepiophiles are often formed to share experiences or find a wide variety of audiovisual and photographic material on this field.
Peter Pan syndrome?
Many psychiatrists have tried to find an explanation for this behavior, and many relate it to Peter Pan Syndrome, that is, people who are not entirely willing to grow up and “stop being children”.
That is why they are attracted to behavior that allows them to feel like children again. But the truth is that they are only theories, and there is no convincing evidence that points to this as the only cause of this paraphilia.
And as a couple?
If your partner has autonepiophilia, you should know that in principle it is harmless. It is just a sexual fantasy, or an inclination or desire.
If you want to be part of it, you must adopt a motherly attitude and treat your partner as if he were really a child. The fetish element in these cases is usually the diaper.
If you don’t want to, you should be able to have sex without this ingredient.
In the event that the person cannot carry out the sexual act without being dressed as a baby, then it is a pathological case that requires a visit to a professional.