Have we become too 'accepting'.

Casdawer

Casdawer

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Morning all.

Last night the other half was watching this documentary on 'Adult Babies' who are as you can probably guess, adults who dress up as babies and pretend to act like babies (i.e. have their nappies changed, be fed by there 'Mum' or 'Dad'.)

Watching the show, it was clear that these adults all had very bad childhoods (domestic violence, parents divorce etc.) and want to re-live their childhood as they believe they should have lived it.

These people need psychiatric help but people just seem to 'accept' that it's OK.

I believe we accept to many things because we've all been brought up to accept other people for their oddities because they're 'special' and that everyone is different and we should not judge.

But how can the human race progress and evolve when we're to busy accepting people for obvious mental health issues instead of trying to cure them.

Have we become to accepting or am I just being a moaning ol' ..... :D
 
MH issues aren't something you can just cure. Treatment may not be effective at all. At the end of the day, are they harming anyone?
 
We don't accept these things, channel 4 just makes a show so we can sit comfortably at home point the finger and going "ewwwww what freaks".

It might be billed as acceptance and understanding, but it is just a good nosey into something creepy that we can all have a good chuckle about afterwards.
 
I'd say dressing up as a baby is an incredibly mild way for someone to deal with a poor or abusive childhood.

I think the issue comes from people's understanding of 'normal', and assumption that everyone who does something 'not normal' is in some need of psychiatric help.

Yes these people might need some help to work though any issues they have from their past, but they shouldn't be forced into it just because they do something we see as a bit 'weird'.
 
Skeeter said:
I'd say dressing up as a baby is an incredibly mild way for someone to deal with a poor or abusive childhood.

I think the issue comes from people's understanding of 'normal', and assumption that everyone who does something 'not normal' is in some need of psychiatric help.

Yes these people might need some help to work though any issues they have from their past, but they shouldn't be forced into it just because they do something we see as a bit 'weird'.
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I'm desperately trying not to imagine you being into this stuff...:eek:
 
Burnsy2023 said:
I'm desperately trying not to imagine you being into this stuff...:eek:
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I love a giant nappy, me! :D

If they have got issues in their head then they have found a harmless way of coping with it. Even if it is a bit strange, surely thats better than bottling it up and supressing it until they end up doing something stuipid?

A lot of people have issues, and everyone finds different ways of coping, or not coping with them. Just because you find one of the ways odd doesn't mean you should lock these people up in mental institutions.
 
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If these people did go to get professional help, I imagine they would be encouraged to find a way to cope with their problems anyway, and one such method may be baby role play.

Giant nappies on the NHS, anyone?
 
How would you purpose to "cure" these people?

Sure, it appears to be a bit odd but ultimately if they're not harming anyone then I'm inclined to think they should be allowed to dress up as babies if that makes them happy. I don't imagine it's something that is particularly common but if anything I'd be inclined to think that humanities problems stem from a lack of understanding and acceptance rather than a surfeit of it.
 
I think going fishing in the pouring rain on a cold and miserable Boxing Day morning is an odd thing to do. Doesn't mean I think everyone who does it should be sent to a psychiatrist.
 
Skeeter said:
If these people did go to get professional help, I imagine they would be encouraged to find a way to cope with their problems anyway, and one such method may be baby role play.

Giant nappies on the NHS, anyone?
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Like you've said, this is by far one of the least destructive ways of dealing with an abusive past. Everyone deals with things like this differently, some, indeed many, become very self abusive, through self harm or drugs.

As things go, this is a bit socially unacceptable, but perhaps this is the best result for the circumstances?
 
platypus said:
Nope, what people do in the privacy of their own homes is up to them as far as I'm concerned, and its legal.
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Gilly said:
Even if it isn't legal if it doesn't affect anyone else at all I don't really care what they do.
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EDIT: Also just because they have this fetish doesn't mean they have mental health issues.
 
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Skeeter said:
I think going fishing in the pouring rain on a cold and miserable Boxing Day morning is an odd thing to do. Doesn't mean I think everyone who does it should be sent to a psychiatrist.
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Ah, now there you are being too accepting... :p

If people want psychiatric help then it should be made available but if the behaviour is non-harmful then it shouldn't be forced on them. It would be good if there was less stigma attached to mental health issues though.
 
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