I want to do more studying about this and would like to learn more than talk shows are going to provide.
An interesting concept that I picked up watching this is that psychology and psychiatry are more concerned with understanding problems than studying things that are positive about our psychology. The general concept of this is that we should be proactive with our mental health, rather than just reactive when we are having problems.
How do I relate this to the issue of adult babies? There is a tendency in psychology and psychiatry to view everything is a problem. A doctor who is unfamiliar with adult babies is asked an opinion about them and they start with the assumption that it is a problem to be overcome. This isn't because they don't like adult babies. This is just the way they view issues in general. What if this is a false assumption? What if being an adult baby is not a problem in and of itself?
I'm not sure if I've written this before but I'm glad I'm an adult baby. I see it as a positive aspect of my life. It is something that I enjoy doing and it is good to have things that you enjoy doing so long as it does not cause any objective harm. I think that it is better to enjoy things in life than to not enjoy them. Roleplaying makes me extremely happy. It is relatively easy to do. It does not harm other people. If I don't spend too much time in a wet diaper there are no physical drawbacks. If I have a well balanced life where I take care of my adult responsibilities and have some more grown up interests that occupy my spare time there are no financial or psychological drawbacks. In general it seems like a win win situation for me.
The most likely negative consequences would come from external sources, not the roleplaying itself. I have not experienced discrimination. I am fairly conservative of whom I share this part of my life with but I think it is appropriate. If you are into spanking I don't think it is appropriate to tell your co-workers, and that is how I feel about ageplay as well. Sometimes things do slip out but my vanilla friends who know about my baby side are actually very supportive. You never can tell how someone is going to react though so that is why I recommend being conservative about who you tell.
I hope to write more about how adult baby roleplaying relates to psychology and neurology in the future, but not sure when that will be.
