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Post by Emma on May 14, 2020 0:14:39 GMT -5
Bump, new devs vote here as well.
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Post by A on Feb 9, 2023 15:05:15 GMT -5
quite an interesting poll
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Post by lisa on Feb 10, 2023 5:11:15 GMT -5
While I suppose that my primary interests are relatively stable, my secondary interests change a lot over time, mostly depending on the people I meet. This has been quite interesting for me to figure out because sometimes my devness really surprises me that way. Until recently I thought that paralysis isn't a big turn on for me, but I think this assumption has been mostly based on the people with acquired SCIs that I met in my life. I guess I am at the moment in the process of discovering that congenital paralysis like in SB has quite some devvy features ;-).
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Post by tanya on Feb 13, 2023 9:05:40 GMT -5
While I suppose that my primary interests are relatively stable, my secondary interests change a lot over time, mostly depending on the people I meet. This has been quite interesting for me to figure out because sometimes my devness really surprises me that way. Until recently I thought that paralysis isn't a big turn on for me, but I think this assumption has been mostly based on the people with acquired SCIs that I met in my life. I guess I am at the moment in the process of discovering that congenital paralysis like in SB has quite some devvy features ;-). While I suppose that my primary interests are relatively stable, my secondary interests change a lot over time, mostly depending on the people I meet. This has been quite interesting for me to figure out because sometimes my devness really surprises me that way. Until recently I thought that paralysis isn't a big turn on for me, but I think this assumption has been mostly based on the people with acquired SCIs that I met in my life. I guess I am at the moment in the process of discovering that congenital paralysis like in SB has quite some devvy features ;-). I feel exactly the same. SCI will always be my #1 but my second interests fluctuate depending on my mood/moment in life. I wasn't much into congenital paralysis too until a short time ago but it changed. Oh I'm so glad I read this post, this is exactly how I feel - I thought I was alone! Congenital paralysis lik SB is one of, if not the biggest dev interest for me. I used to go out with a guy with SB and I absolutely loved it. I think for me it's the fact that the guy's body looks a certain way and is already shaped in a certain way to take account of his disability (like the curvature of the spine and the huge contrast between strong upper body and weak lower body) that interests me so much and because he's spent his whole life with that disability he has learned to move his body in such a way that it just looks natural for him. Don't get me wrong I am fascinated by guys who have SCI and who are clearly learning to adapt to their new body and finding ways that work for them as they go along and I am interested in how the injury has had such an impact on their legs suddenly not functioning after being born with a fully functioning pair of legs, but congenital paralysis is a huge turn on for me, just even the thought of it gives me a huge dev trigger. 😁 I'm Tanya by the way and I'd be really interested in knowing what it is about SB and other congenital paralysis that you ladies also like so much! |
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Post by lisa on Feb 13, 2023 12:36:49 GMT -5
To be honest, I can't pinpoint really well what it is that I find interesting about SB. I suppose I never gave it a lot of thought, because I never really met anyone with it or when I did, it seemed just like a version of SCI to me. I am very visual in my devness and probably didn't see a big difference. But I have to admit that this was shallow of me, there are quite some visible differences!
One really notable one, and I can't understand that this hasn't occured to me earlier, is that SB in 80% of cases goes together with hydrocephalus. I just searched PD for it and it has hardly ever been mentioned on here. I don't know, maybe there aren't a lot of devs for this out there. I knew a guy with hydrocephalus from when I was a teenager. It didn't seem so interesting to me then, but maybe because he did everything he could to hide it? Anyway, now that I did my research, it does make a visual difference that I find quite fascinating. And unusual legs and feet are very nice, too ;-).
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Post by tanya on Feb 13, 2023 12:49:56 GMT -5
Oh I'm so glad I read this post, this is exactly how I feel - I thought I was alone! Congenital paralysis lik SB is one of, if not the biggest dev interest for me. I used to go out with a guy with SB and I absolutely loved it. I think for me it's the fact that the guy's body looks a certain way and is already shaped in a certain way to take account of his disability (like the curvature of the spine and the huge contrast between strong upper body and weak lower body) that interests me so much and because he's spent his whole life with that disability he has learned to move his body in such a way that it just looks natural for him. Don't get me wrong I am fascinated by guys who have SCI and who are clearly learning to adapt to their new body and finding ways that work for them as they go along and I am interested in how the injury has had such an impact on their legs suddenly not functioning after being born with a fully functioning pair of legs, but congenital paralysis is a huge turn on for me, just even the thought of it gives me a huge dev trigger. 😁 I'm Tanya by the way and I'd be really interested in knowing what it is about SB and other congenital paralysis that you ladies also like so much! Hey, " tanya" I also love the idea of contrast. However, with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury acquired, the contrast is not strong enough. When it comes to SB, the idea of a lower body very weak which didn't develop properly really triggers me, like a guy with strong arms but with skinny and short legs, including having feet smaller than they should be. The idea of permanent paralysis because it is a congenital condition that cannot be changed is a turn on, so lately CP also has caught my attention too. Yes definitely the guy I used to know had like size 3 feet and the smallest of toes you can imagine along with legs which were really not in proportion with the rest of his well developed upper body. He also had really big hands which in contrast with his tiny feet I found that super devvy to me. Like with an acquired SCI the body is obviously made "normally" but post accident the lower body gradually weakens which I do like but with SB and other similar conditions the guy's body was born into the condition and is almost custom made for being disabled which drives me crazy! |
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Post by tanya on Feb 14, 2023 2:30:12 GMT -5
To be honest, I can't pinpoint really well what it is that I find interesting about SB. I suppose I never gave it a lot of thought, because I never really met anyone with it or when I did, it seemed just like a version of SCI to me. I am very visual in my devness and probably didn't see a big difference. But I have to admit that this was shallow of me, there are quite some visible differences! One really notable one, and I can't understand that this hasn't occured to me earlier, is that SB in 80% of cases goes together with hydrocephalus. I just searched PD for it and it has hardly ever been mentioned on here. I don't know, maybe there aren't a lot of devs for this out there. I knew a guy with hydrocephalus from when I was a teenager. It didn't seem so interesting to me then, but maybe because he did everything he could to hide it? Anyway, now that I did my research, it does make a visual difference that I find quite fascinating. And unusual legs and feet are very nice, too ;-). Oh, I didn't know about hydrocephalus related to SB. For me it's not appealing at all but in matter of curiosity, I didn't know both things could be related. Everyone I've seen with SB so far (which weren’t much people) didn't have hydrocephalus, so they were the other 20%. I knew there was some kind of link between SB and hydrocephalus but wasn't aware it was as high as 80%. On doing some further research it seems that it's more likely in cases where the SB is more severe as I'm aware SB can present in quite a mild form where hardly any signs are present at all. I'm not too sure that the mild form would interest me much at all. For me it has to include the use of a wheelchair and for the legs and feet to be quite obviously different and I don't think that would be the case if the guy was still able to walk around with no obvious signs of having SB. With hydrocephalus I think it goes back to what I was saying before about why I find SB a dev trigger. It obviously forms during pregnancy in SB so the head has been developed like that and the guy has been made to look like that from the beginning which is obviously quite visually unique from the point of view of a disabled body because in SB and other congenital disabilities the body is made for being disabled from the very start, unlike with acquired SCI where the body gradually becomes disabled over time as it adapts to what has occurred. Interested to know what others are thinking. |
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Post by eewee on Feb 14, 2023 19:56:22 GMT -5
I'm new to this thread and don't mean to change the subject, but I'd like to answer the original question if I might.
My disability of choice is leg amputation. Both or one, doesn't matter. Especially if he ends up using a sleek manual wheelchair. Scars on the residual limb is fine.
Next would be lumbar level SCI.
Putting it out there.
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Post by tanya on Feb 15, 2023 0:21:02 GMT -5
So I have hesitated posting this as I'm unsure how acceptable this is but I can't help it, for me a secondary attraction to congenital paralysis is the associated incontinence that goes along with it, both bladder and bowel.
My ex used to wear incontinence pads for any leakages and also catheterised intermittently and I used to love picking them up for him. It fascinates me how these bodily functions, which most of us just take for granted, can be interrupted so much due to something which hasn't developed correctly right from the start. I also find it fascinating when incontinence develops as a result of an acquired SCI, how a spinal injury can cause the sudden loss of control in the bladder and/or bowel.
I am also attracted to guys who have learned to adapt to this situation and who use these aids to cope with needing the toilet but also knowing that they know they still need help with something that is so basic to most adults really hits my dev button.
I almost feel ashamed for feeling this way but it feels good to get this out there and I'm glad this platform exists to do so. I'm interested to know if anyone else feels the same way.
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Post by Dani on Feb 16, 2023 14:50:53 GMT -5
Great discussion with many new perspectives
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