Is psychological or hands-on more important to you about rectal temperatures?

Is inevitable, so, you as an adult are going to have your temperature taken rectally, assuming you have no hang-ups or angst about it, which do you feel is most important to you, obviously your health being most important; Is it more psychological and mental or is it the physical hands on aspect that you’re more inclined to experience?

Hands-on!

Definitely the hands-on experience. There's nerves about someone doing that, but it's definitely the feeling of the thermometer, it's movement during insertion, removal, the hands on my buttocks…. Yum!

It can be a very sensual experience ~ hands-on for sure!

Hands-on

Great question. I think its more of a desire to satisfy a psychological need with me in the form of it being physically stimulating and administered in the right context, fashion, and play.

For me, it seems difficult to separate the psychological aspects (embarrassment of being exposed and of having someone else take charge) from the physical sensation of the cold, lubricated thermometer being pushed inside. Together, they create a moment of intimacy that I find extremely erotic.

For me, it’s a little bit of both. It’s of course the physical sensation, but also the psychological sensation of not being in control.

Hands on.

Great question. If taking a RT is inevitable, the physical aspect surpasses the psychological for me. By the time the exam gets going, I am well into anticipating the sequence of events. If however, the requirement for a rectal temperature is unexpected the psychological overtakes me.

The unanticipated knowledge that one is required takes time to process but inevitably there is almost no time as I am being positioned for it and likely have my underwear pulled down or not on at all. The visual of the nurse or doctor retrieving the thermometer heightens my anxiety and anticipation as my anus tightens. The inevitable parting of my butt cheeks only makes the surrender definite while the sudden shock of cold lube causes me to squirm and gasp as the insertion is done. Lying prone on my belly or turned onto my side is yet another affirmation that I am not in control. Clearly, the possibility of obtaining an erection adds to my sense of vulnerability. The occasional shifting of the thermometer is another reminder that I have no control and that the nurse or doctor is capable of seeing all of my intimate parts. As the thermometer is removed, there is the residue of KY between my cheeks while am ordered to sit up now naked and subject to what is to come!

For me, it’s a physical pleasure, combined with fantasizing about sharing the temp. taking with different women. This doesn’t apply directly to the posted question, but if you were to discuss rectal temperature fantasies with a mental health “professional,” they would likely take it from a harmless pleasure, and insist that it was a blatant manifestation of a sexual and social disorder.