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Monday, May 9, 2011

Incredible - but true: The 'Adult Baby' - Paraphilic Infantilism !


--- On Sun, 5/8/11, Jayac <jayac@unknown.com> wrote:
The 'adult baby': 
Man who wears diapers, sleeps in a crib and is bottle-fed... at 30
By FIONA ROBERTS
Last updated at 6:55 PM on 4th May 2011
Like any other baby, Stanley sleeps in a crib, wears diapers, and loves nothing better than being comforted by his mother as she bottle feeds him.
Except Stanley Thornton is 30-years-old - and his 'mother' is really his room-mate.


Mr Thornton seeks comfort in being treated like a baby, a condition known as paraphilic infantilism.


The 'adult baby' lives out his fantasies at his California apartment, where he has built himself a giant crib, play pen and even a man-sized high chair.


Childhood comforts: Stanley Thornton is bottle-fed by his room-mate Sandra Diaz, a former nurse

Childhood comforts: Stanley Thornton is bottle-fed by his room-mate Sandra Diaz, a former nurse

He spends his days playing with Lego as he sucks on his pacifier, and being spoon or bottle-fed by his room-mate Sandra Diaz, who willingly acts as his mother.

Tonight viewers will see inside his bizarre alternate world as he features in a National Geographic programme, 'Taboo: Fantasy Lives'.


He said: 'For some people being an adult baby is a sexual fetish for them, but for most of us it's just, you know, you're doing it to relax, you come home from work, you change into baby mode, you put away your adult stuff and everything goes on hold.'


He first began his return to childhood when he was 14, as a way of coping when he started wetting the bed after being abused as a boy.


Regression: Mr Thornton says there's nothin  g else like waking up in a crib every morning, and it helps him get into the baby 'mindset'
Regression: Mr Thornton says there's nothing else like waking up in a crib every morning, and it helps him get into the baby 'mindset'


Child's play: Dressed in a giant babygro, 30-year-old Stanley Thornton plays with tin soldiers in the 'nursery' at his California apartment
Child's play: Dressed in a giant babygro, 30-year-old Stanley Thornton plays with tin soldiers in the 'nursery' at his California apartment


Content: Mr Thornton said he adapted this child's playpen by putting a thick layer of wood in the bottom so it would support his weight
Content: Mr Thornton said he adapted this child's playpen by putting a thick layer of wood in the bottom so it would support his weight


He started wearing diapers when he was 13, and then gradually realised he still wanted the comforts of babyhood - toys,a crib and even a pacifier. At 20, he began 'day wetting' and now wears a diaper every day.


He said: 'The first thought is you start thinking you're crazy, because this isn't normal, or at least that's what you think, you think you're the only one doing it.


'Then you go down the road and go on the computer and you find all these other people that are doing it, and you find the name for it .'


In 2000, he started website for other 'adult babies',  where members can find 'mothers or 'babies', and tips on where to buy diapers. 


Looked after: Miss Diaz even spoonfeeds the 30-year-old, who says he enjoys the comfort of being treated like baby

Stanley and Sandra
Cared for: Sandra Diaz feeds her room-mate and 'baby' with a spoon and a bottle


Comfort: Stanley Thornton sucks from a bottle held by his 'mother', room-mate Sandra Diaz
Comfort: Stanley Thornton sucks from a bottle held by his 'mother', room-mate Sandra Diaz


Psychological condition: Mr Thornton first began wearing diapers when he was 13, and started wetting the bed. Now he says he has to wear them 24/7 because he 'day wets'

Stanley the 'adult baby'
Psychological condition: Mr Thornton has worn diapers si nce he was 13 after he began wetting the bed. 
Right, he makes baby noises as he plays with a soft toy and his Lego set in his nursery


According to his website, he used to work as a security guard, but had an accident and now claims disability benefit for a heart condition.


Each morning Miss Diaz, a former nurse, wakes him up in his 'nursery', where he sleeps in a crib dressed in a playsuit, underneath colourful mobiles hanging from the ceiling.


He said: 'I like it, it's very comfortable, it's easy to get into the baby feel while you're in it. There's nothing else like it, waking up in a crib as opposed to a bed.



'Sleeping in a crib, you wake up as a child and you go on from there, and it's easy to stay in the same mindset.'


Living a fantasy: Mr Thornton changes into adult clothes hen he leaves the house to buy wood for his latest project, an adult-sized high chair

Sandra Diaz and Stanley Thornton
He is woken in the morning by his room-mate, former nurse Sandra Diaz


Fantasy world: Mr Thornton explains how he built his own crib then painted it. A child's bedspread covers the bottom and mobiles and baby toys can be seen to the right
Double life: Mr Thornton dresses in adult clothes when he leaves the house to buy wood for his latest project, an adu lt-sized high chair. 

Fantasy world: Mr Thornton explains how he built his own crib then painted it. A child's bedspread covers the bottom and mobiles and baby toys can be seen to the right
WHAT IS PARAPHILIC INFANTILISM?
Paraphilic infantilism describes the desire to wear diapers and be treated like a baby.


Those who have a specific diaper fetish are known as diaper lovers (DLs). For them, the act of wearing a diaper is sexually arousing.


Those who enjoy being treate d like a baby - which can include wearing diapers - but do not see it as a sexual fetish are known as adult babies (ABs).
ABs and DLs have no sexual desire towards children.


Because these fantasies are harmless, infantilists rarely seek medical help.


The urge to be treated as a baby usually begins between the ages of five and 15.


The majority are heterosexual, but just one in five are women.

Source: Understanding Infantilism


Then Miss Diaz feeds him, either w ith a bottle or from a spoon. 


He has just finished building a giant high-chair, and he reinforced a children's play area to take his weight so he can play with Lego and stuffed animals.


Miss Diaz said: 'I love him like he is my favourite nephew, he is like my family member who lost his mother, and I'm like the aunt stepping in and saying I'm still here for you.'


Mr Thornton cha nges into adult clothes when he goes outside, but as soon as he gets home he goes back into 'baby mode.'


Some infantilists, known as 'diaper lovers', see the condition as a sexual fetish. 


But Mr Th ornton is keen to stress he and other 'adult babies'  find comfort, not sexual satisfaction, by being treated as a child. Infantilists have no sexual desire towards children.


He said: 'Being an adult baby I've had a couple of different reactions, some good, some not so good. 


'I've had some people that are perfectly fine with it and others that are just angry, maybe think you're automatically a paedophile because you're too into it.


'I like to be treated as a baby, just to get the love and affection, safeness, just to go back to a time when you're caring for a one or two year old.'
Taboo: Fantasy Lives airs tonight on the National Geographic Channel at 9pm EST.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Artist Draws Portraits Using the Ashes of Her Subjects

From: only turab <turabbaig@yahoo.com>

Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 7:09 AM
 



Raven J. Collins thinks she may be the only artist in the world to brush the raw ashes of a deceased person onto a pencil portrait.
Using ashes as a medium is a growing trend in the artwork, but while some are mixing it with paint to create abstract works, moulding them into bizarre sculptures, or even compressing and using it as pencil filling (like lead), Raven Collins uses the ashes to create commission portraits of the deceased, whether they be human or animal. She̢۪s only been doing it for a while, but ash-portraits already make up 90% of her business.
As cremation becomes the more popular option in the funeral industry, the number of choices of what to do with the ashes also increases. Some people prefer to keep them in a fancy urn, others spill them into the ocean or over a peaceful pasture, but more and more people opt to incorporate their loved-ones̢۪ remains into various artworks. Artists like Raven sometimes get referrals from funeral homes, but most of their advertising is word of mouth and online exposure.


Collins̢۪ idea was inspired by a tragic even that occurred two years ago. Her nephews Gavin, 3, and Sebastian, 1, died during a fire in Tampa, and even though she had been drawing portraits since high-school, the boys̢۪ portraits were the hardest the 37-year-old artist ever had to do. In her suffering, she came up with the idea of incorporating the deceased̢۪s ashes into their portraits. Her tragic experience helps Raven Collins to connect with her clients and better understand what they want in a portrait.



Normally she receives a small amount of ashes in the mail, which she puts into a mortar and grinds to a fine powder, using a pestle. All it takes is a table spoon or less, then she adds a liquid to create a paste which she spreads over a drawn portrait, using a Q-tip. They can be spread anywhere in the portrait, in the hair of the subject, on a lapel, somewhere in the corner, but never on the face.



Prices of her ash-portraits range between $200 and $300, depending on size and whether the client wants colors to be used. Check out PortraitsFromAShes.com, for more samples of her unusual art.



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