Is MedFet interest due to Nature or Nurture?

I've read many posts where the doc or patient talked about having some very early childhood experience, such as an enema, rectal temperature, etc. In my own case I had an enema I still remember at a very early age that I always felt shaped my interest and it just grew and evolved over time.

But in a recent short email exchange with DrJ58 about his comments on the post about "So Which One Are You?," he made the comment that he thought the inclination was something we are born with or not and that it waited for some triggering event. The role of the environment is to provide the trigger, but not the cause.

Intriguing thought, but on first reading I thought that was crazy. I'm not a psychologist, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense.

Just curious if others have thought about this question?

My opinion is more close to DrJ58. Because I also cant say that some specific childhood expierence turned me to med fet side. Or it should be so early expierence that its hard to remember... From me +1 to DrJ58

I believe every MedFet has it in themselves by nature. The MedFet community here have discovered it or are in the process of learning, although there are likely many out there who have it and do not recognize it, and they may never do so. Situation and timing is critical, most MedFets were in the right place at the right time to make the discovery.

One of the first things I ask a new MedFet contact is where they first developed their interest. Generally most found it earlier in life however I have seen a number of exceptions where it developed later in mid-life. It could be debated that in the past, it was commonplace for rectal temperatures and enemas to be used both at home as well as in a medical setting, and that this may have caused more people to develop the fetish earlier in life than they might today. I would suggest that although it may have increased awareness of those things, instead of bringing out more MedFets, it may have just as easily turned them off for life if they were too young or ill at the time.

The root of their MedFet interest is usually within an event which normally would be trivial or sometimes even very traumatic, but it was a trigger which awakened their fetish by causing sexual arousal in some way. Typically most did not find the actual event which triggered their fetish to be arousing, often stress and anxiety precluded arousal at the time, and it was something they discovered in retrospect in memories of the event. From there they usually build a fantasy of reliving or continuing to find new experiences, which may be life long.

There are no rules or stereotypes for being a MedFet in any variation, it comes in all flavors. Some enjoy enemas and rectal temperatures, others to less invasive aspects such as auscultation and breast palpation, and some to extremes such as anesthesia, surgical or dental role plays. Some strive to find their arousal in real time meetings, some enjoy an online experience chatting with others, and some simply enjoy reading or writing stories of their own and those of other MedFet's experiences. All share the same basic trait, arousal by something within a medical scene.

What a fascination question to ponder. Personally, I don’t think that my fascination occurred during childhood even if there were some isolated doctor play moments. Then, it was often anxiety and fear of having to get a shot without much awareness of my body. Certainly exams were always arranged by my mother who was an observer if not a participant in making sure I was “ready” for the doctor. As a teen, there was greater self consciousness and a desire to feel more independent when seeing the doctor even though there were still concerns about shots that later gave way to being undressed. Almost as if it occurred over night, I was physically maturing and with it more for the doctor to see and examine. With that came my wish to see a female doctor who in turn certainly required me be presented in a gown with nothing on underneath. Now, "getting ready' carried far more elements of embarrassment and yes curiosity as parts of my body were now routinely looked over and eventually other areas probed. Graduating from breast exams to a rectal and then internal made me realize that becoming a “big girl” was indeed involved. Going in alone also meant confronting the unknown – new feelings both before, during and after the exam- because of the stirrups along with a full exam as well as those necessary inoculations. It’s then that the experience of being a patient and having to be submissive by choice began to impact my thinking. Each exam experience furthering my fascination while facilitating all of my senses to being in the exam room. In closing, I think it is a complex set of factors over time that makes me where I am today such that, "The doctor will see you now," resonates in all aspects of my body and mind! As for the fascination aspect, it's really all aspects of my approaching exam date, the vulnerability that I feel waiting for the nurse to come and get me, and then the total awareness of my naked skin as I prepare for the exam. I tend to prefer an older nurse or one who can relate to this very intense moment. Seeing some of the instruments on the tray while I disrobe further heightens my mix of anxiety and secret arousal. The latter addressed once I have left the exam room and by then I am overwhelmed with thoughts and feelings both physical and emotional. It's like no other experience.

Why can't it be just the joy of manipulating a body, taking care of it and observing the reactions (for the doctor) and the joy (or fear) to undress for a strange doctor and the pleasure that comes from being touches until excitement takes over (for the patient). Lots of it is in the mind I think.... but the manipulations of the exam makes that there is also fysical pleasure.

Once again like you, Julie, I used to be so consumed with fear of getting an injection in my bottom that I was almost oblivious to the procedures that came first. On the rare occasions I went specifically for a shot, my overwhelming worry was where I would get it.

Nick