(26 Dec 2019, 03:37 )Like Ra Wrote: A fetish in "my definition" is a stable repeatable stimulus to get dopamine.
Well stated, Ra. I was actually thinking the same thing about fetishes but hadn't taken the time to type my thoughts out as you did.
I've also been trying to think of why I ended up with the fetishes I have. I suppose the two main ones are bondage and latex, although the latex fetish is really a fetish for any shiny material, latex just happens to be the best for me. When I was a kid, younger than 10, I lived with my dad. Every now and then when I was sitting in the floor watching cartoons or whatever, he would randomly tackle me and start tickling me. Of course was laughing my ass off uncontrollably. This sort of play evolved into him holding my hands together above my head while he tickled or "threatened" to tickle my stomach, which was somehow almost worse than the actual tickling. I assume that with all the fun and laughing, a ton of dopamine was released, cementing into my brain a fetish for being restrained. I know there are people with tickling fetishes so I guess I should feel lucky I didn't end up with that as a fetish. Self-bondage is so much easier to practice than self-tickling.
My latex fetish has been harder to figure out but I think I might have a clue where that came from. Again, when I was a kid in the 80's, we had these halloween costumes made out of plastic. The only thing I can figure is that I had a lot of fun at halloween while wearing the plastic costume. Maybe it was from eating the candy and wearing the costume? Doesn't sugar also cause dopamine to release?
