Do you experience anxiety because of your fetish?

So my kink started very young. I was 5 and had to get a physical in order to begin school and I remember throwing a fit and feeling ridiculous anxiety over it. Not for the normal reasons a 5 year old might be anxious, like shots, but because of the stethoscope..

I realized at like 13/14 maybe that it was a fetish. I would fantasize about auscultation. I can only get past my anxiety of the doctors, if I have anxiety focused on something else. For example, once I had a bad panic attack which I thought was a heart attack and went to the ER. The nurse and doctor kept their stethoscopes on me nearly the whole time but I wasn't aroused.. even though I was shirtless.

But yet I get anxiety about physicals with my doctor. I think it might be fear of my doctor somehow knowing that I'm turned on by the stethoscope? Or maybe it's just because I've been seeing her since I started having this kink. When I get a physical at an UrgentCare I think nothing of it though.

I'm also really afraid of my boyfriend finding out. He went to the doctor the other day, just for a routine thing, but I was so curious and wanted to know details of his exam but I'm 99.9% sure he'd be really weirded out.

Is anyone else like this? Afraid of their s/o finding out or just afraid of going to the doctor because you know you will be aroused?

Very well written

The only anxiety that I felt as a child/teen, was that I couldn't share them with pretty girls, hehe!

Is anyone else like this? Afraid of their s/o finding out or just afraid of going to the doctor because you know you will be aroused?

Am I afraid that my wife will find out about my medical fetish? Absolutely. I seriously don't think she would understand it at all.

But I'm not afraid of going to the doctor (any doctor) at all. If I'm aroused it's all internal, meaning that I'm not sporting a full hard-on (although I might be a little plumper than usual). And even if my doctor thought that I enjoyed my visit too much -- who cares?

I think it's pretty common for those of us with a heart fetish to be somewhat ashamed or at least feel secretive about it, and that certainly can cause some anxiety when other people discuss something heart related or we're in a position of having our hearts examined, blood pressure checked, etc. This can be distressing or fun, depending on the circumstances. Lesliebian, have you considered telling your boyfriend about your interest? The most likely reaction he'd have would either to think it's nice/sweet/interesting or just not think much about it at all. Those as opposed to being repulsed by it, which I think is what most of us would fear. If he really cares for you he would view it as something important to you and accept it, even if he's not immediately interested in it. Who knows, your interest might kindle one in him. The odds are better than even for a favorable or neutral response. You'd probably feel relieved having shared something so important and personal with him!

Lesliebian fetishes or kinks are very common but often not talked about in person precisely because they can look very strange from the outside as being "too weird" "not mainstream" or "not normal" and its for this reason that we tend to keep it a secret in an attempt to ensure conformity in behaviour in accordance with socially accepted conventions.

I wont say I anxious or afraid about a significant other finding out , but as you said it can be a very anxiety provoking thought. Like I said fetish/kinks are very common and I'm sure that your boyfriend might have a few of his own. Telling a significant other is always a complicated process and you are the best qualified to make that judgement caal.

With regards to your Doctor , a medical professional they have seen it all . They are professionals and being a consummate professional I doubt that they would ever comment. Now its very easy to spot if someone is aroused be they male or female I not stating this to make you anxious or concerned , but to state that in all likely they already know and just get on with their work.

So just relax , they more uptight stress and anxious you become , the worst the experience will become, which is not what you want to occur when you have to visit the doctor. You have already mentioned having " bad panic attack" so you don't want or need a recurrence of this experience. I think its importance to accept that you have an auscultation fetish and move on, your doctor " could care less" and as JimmyJohnson said " who cares".

I can see why you would be anxious about anyone finding out about your fetishes, all I can say is open up to him if he really loves you he will accept you and your fetishes otherwise he's not the right guy for you my friend. Good luck!

To answer your question, the answer is probably yes I would be anxious as well to talk and share my fetishes with family and friends.Who might think I'm a sick llittle weirdo. Thank God I've found Zity and many friends who understand me and my kink and no judging.

Well for me , it was a big thing that I figured out that I liked, at an early age it was easier for me to keep it to myself but still had anxiety at the doctor's office or in the presence of a stethoscope . Many of my friends didn't know if it because I was scared shitless to tell them about and be ridicule of it

I have absolutely no anxiety regarding my fetishes. It is part of my being and it is accepted. All my important family members know and there have been no repercussions--only a few quick jokes by my older daughter and my brother.

My enema fetish started when I was eight years old, my father saw me with my 4 quart bag and colon tube while I was drying my hair in the bathroom after a shower when I was a junior in high school, he asked if I was OK and that was the end of that discussion. I don't think he ever told my mother because she never mentioned it to me. BUT, my mother knows I am into heavy kink because she found a DV8 business card at their house once that had fallen from my purse and she tried to return it to my brother, but he told her it was mine, my brother's wife probably knows because my older brother is a bit of a talker and doesn't keep secrets well. (He could have just taken the DV8 card from my mother and given it back to me, but he didn't.) Both our daughters know we're into heavy kink because we were caught mid-scene and we then showed them all the equipment they correctly assumed we had, and a few close friends we have played with know.

I love my fetishes.

I've had my fetish since I was young 4-5 years old and have always felt anxious going to the doctor. Literally have to try and focus on something else to not be on the verge of a total "meltdown"

Not sure Lesley what to say in some ways. If you feel you have a fetish in some ways just run with it so to speak. Buy a stethoscope. Hid it from people if you feel you must. You no doubt have some kind of stethoscope fear or fetish. Just not sure which way you lean from day to day. I suggestion using the stethoscope when you are alone and go from there.