Edit 5 December 2016: These results have been updated per the tenth year standards update.
18)Did you ever seek a "cure" or resist the urges?
N=1469 | % | Option | |
1 | 3 | 0% | Yes, and I am "cured." |
2 | 127 | 9% | Yes, and am still struggling. |
3 | 196 | 13% | Yes, but found that it could not be cured, or that removing it would destroy too much of myself. |
4 | 358 | 24% | Yes, but realized that being an ABDL wasn't a "disease" and so didn't need to be "cured." |
5 | 79 | 5% | Yes, but stopped seeking a cure for other reasons. |
6 | 706 | 48% | No, I never sought a cure and didn't struggle against the urges. |
19)Has there been a period of more than six months, where your interest in diapers and babyhood (or BDSM, fetishism, etc.) has caused you significant distress? This might involve concern over your inability to control your interests, anxiety about what else these interests might mean, stress about how it will affect others, etc.
N=1469 | % | Option | |
1 | 969 | 66% | No |
2 | 500 | 34% | Yes |
20)Has there been a period of more than six months, where your interest in diapers and babyhood (or BDSM, fetishism, etc.) has impaired you socially or professionally for over six months? This might involve not being able to concentrate at school or work, because of thinking about diapers; shying away from friends because you wanted to wear diapers in private; damage to your marriage or career from being having your secret interests made public; etc.
N=1474 | % | Option | |
1 | 1150 | 78% | No |
2 | 324 | 22% | Yes |
21)During your childhood and early teens, were you...
N=1477 | % | Option | |
1 | 266 | 18% | conservatively religious. (for example, regularly attending the church of a fundamentalist or orthodox denomination) |
2 | 355 | 24% | religious, but not conservatively so. (for example, regularly attending the church of more liberal denominations) |
3 | 293 | 20% | spiritual, but not religious |
4 | 563 | 38% | not really spiritual or religious |
22)Now, are you...
N=1474 | % | Option | |
1 | 135 | 9% | conservatively religious. (for example, regularly attending the church of a fundamentalist or orthodox denomination) |
2 | 205 | 14% | religious, but not conservatively so. (for example, regularly attending the church of more liberal denominations) |
3 | 563 | 38% | spiritual, but not religious |
4 | 571 | 39% | not really spiritual or religious |
Survey #1 part 1 - 2 - joys - 3 - events - 4 - messages - 5 - 6 & 7
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