Man Living As A Baby

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chimpkin said:
Children learn faster because of neurological pliability we old farts don't have. It's hardware, not software.
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Gabba nunu hersay fart. hee hee. Ahhh...dabbanu! hee heehe!:bagpuss::bravo:
 
As much as this creeps me out, I think it's his right. He isn't harming anyone else or himself. Just because it makes your insides feel weird doesn't mean it's wrong. I write extremely morbid poetry, does that mean I'm mentally sick and should be treated, too?
 
visceral_instinct said:
As much as this creeps me out, I think it's his right. He isn't harming anyone else or himself. Just because it makes your insides feel weird doesn't mean it's wrong. I write extremely morbid poetry, does that mean I'm mentally sick and should be treated, too?
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Yes !!! I feel another intervention coming on ! Lets dog pile her People . One two tree jump
 
visceral_instinct said:
As much as this creeps me out, I think it's his right. He isn't harming anyone else or himself. Just because it makes your insides feel weird doesn't mean it's wrong. I write extremely morbid poetry, does that mean I'm mentally sick and should be treated, too?
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Morbid poetry? Its hardly comparable. The question isn't concerned with what's his right or not but if its a sign of disturbed mental health. I think its safe to say that someone who is living as an infant has underlying issues, not sexual issues, not identity issues but unresolved issues concerning adulthood. I don't think looking at the condition is the same as judging the person.

Personally if I knew him I would paddle his ass into adult-hood:p
 
Mrs.Lucysnow said:
....The question isn't concerned with what's his right or not but if its a sign of disturbed mental health. I think its safe to say that someone who is living as an infant has underlying issues, not sexual issues, not identity issues but unresolved issues concerning adulthood. I don't think looking at the condition is the same as judging the person. ...
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exactly :bravo:

so if this isn't a mental illness, what would have to happen for it to become one? would he have to live like this 24/7? :shrug:
 
Asguard said:
As someone who sees the acute side of mental illness quite regually its quite simple and boils down to 3 questions.

Does it causes you distress?
does it negitivily effect your ability to funtion as YOU desire?
does it pose a threat to you or others? (Direct physical threat, suicide\homicide self harm is more grey)

If no to all three its not a mental health issue.
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so then a homeless person who is happily living in a cardboard box and who thinks he is John The Baptist and performs baptisms on the street rats is not mentally ill as long as he is happy. :shrug:
 
so then a homeless person who is happily living in a cardboard box and who thinks he is John The Baptist and performs baptisms on the street rats is not mentally ill as long as he is happy.
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He's not able to protect himself. Third criterion.

People victimize the homeless for fun. Because they are there. Although is that really the crazy person's problem?

Most homeless people end up being chronically ill, it seems like, except the ones in their 20's.
 
chimpkin said:
He's not able to protect himself. Third criterion.

People victimize the homeless for fun. Because they are there. Although is that really the crazy person's problem?

Most homeless people end up being chronically ill, it seems like, except the ones in their 20's.
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How if he not able to protect himself?
 
Being fed, washed, sleeping 12 hours a day and spending the rest sucking tits and playing games. Plus you don't care when you wet yourself.


But enough about my life let's hear more about this story....
 
Mrs.Lucysnow said:
Morbid poetry? Its hardly comparable. The question isn't concerned with what's his right or not but if its a sign of disturbed mental health. I think its safe to say that someone who is living as an infant has underlying issues, not sexual issues, not identity issues but unresolved issues concerning adulthood. I don't think looking at the condition is the same as judging the person.

Personally if I knew him I would paddle his ass into adult-hood:p
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Sounds likely, but having issues is not the same as being actually mentally ill.

If he's otherwise a capable, rational adult who can step up to responsibilities and function as one, then no, his mental health is not disturbed.
 
Mrs.Lucysnow said:
Personally if I knew him I would paddle his ass into adult-hood:p
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Don't forget to remove the nappy first.

chimpkin said:
He's not able to protect himself. Third criterion.

People victimize the homeless for fun. Because they are there. Although is that really the crazy person's problem?
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And many people living in a house, from all sides, are often unable to protect themself from abuse or harm from the people living in their houses. It does not make them mentally ill.


This man is not mentally ill. He is overly sane and rational about his preference to live as an infant. While he is not mentally ill, there is something driving this and he pointed out that it started when he was in his teens.. And it is not a sexual fetish What 15 year old do you know wants to wear a nappy, and be bottle and spoon fed and sleep in a crib?
 
visceral_instinct said:
Sounds likely, but having issues is not the same as being actually mentally ill.

If he's otherwise a capable, rational adult who can step up to responsibilities and function as one, then no, his mental health is not disturbed.
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Oh he steps up. He has a job and he goes out for 'special projects' which involve building baby furniture for his size.

I am more curious about the woman who lives with him and provides his 'care' when he switches into baby mode. In the interview she was his housemate and not his mother or family member.
 
Orleander said:
sleeping in a crib, drinking from a bottle and wearing a diaper is rational?
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Objectively, a crib is just a bed. Sleeping in a different type of bed isn't really 'irrational'.

Neither is a bottle inherently 'irrational'. Normal people do it all the time, when they play sports to avoid dehydration, or they take a water bottle to work because it's a convenient container to use, etc.

The diaper is the only genuinely abnormal one.

Does anyone have a reason why he shouldn't do those things?
 
visceral_instinct said:
Sounds likely, but having issues is not the same as being actually mentally ill.

If he's otherwise a capable, rational adult who can step up to responsibilities and function as one, then no, his mental health is not disturbed.
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I agree and I said in a previous post I wouldn't go so far as to call this a mental illness but it is a sign of a disturbance.
 
And many people living in a house, from all sides, are often unable to protect themself from abuse or harm from the people living in their houses. It does not make them mentally ill.
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Agreed and a very good point

Although I will tell you that living in an abusive domestic situation...if you weren't insane going in, you will be going out, at least temporarily.
 
Orleander said:
sleeping in a crib, drinking from a bottle and wearing a diaper is rational?
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No, but neither is cosmetic surgery, drinking alcohol, liking high heels, wearing tight dresses, buying fast sports cars, smoking or paying to get into a concert. But if people like those things, and they're not harming anyone else - why not?
 
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