Oral Fixation

[Formalhaut]

I will be mentioning sex here. But, I'm not being dirty: this is science (apologies for any inaccuracies, A level Psychology was quite a while ago).

Have you every heard of the Psychosexual stages? It's an idea which was first popularised by Freud.

The theory is that whilst your body and mind are developing, you pass through different stages of sexual development.

Each stage - oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital (we used the mnemonic Old Age Pensioners Like Goats in A level Psychology) - is characterised by the part of the body which is the main focus of the sex drive.

At each stage of development, there is the possibility that you will become "fixated": although you will likely still pass through the later stages of development, you will on some level remain "fixed" in that particular stage.

Freud would argue that a strong desire to chew objects or put them in your mouth shows that you are "fixated" on the oral stage.

These ideas still have quite a strong influence on psychoanalytic thinking, although many of the details have been dismissed or discredited.

Bringing science to a forum post? My goodness!

[Ayen]

I will be mentioning sex here. But, I'm not being dirty: this is science (apologies for any inaccuracies, A level Psychology was quite a while ago).

Have you every heard of the Psychosexual stages? It's an idea which was first popularised by Freud.

The theory is that whilst your body and mind are developing, you pass through different stages of sexual development.

Each stage - oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital (we used the mnemonic Old Age Pensioners Like Goats in A level Psychology) - is characterised by the part of the body which is the main focus of the sex drive.

At each stage of development, there is the possibility that you will become "fixated": although you will likely still pass through the later stages of development, you will on some level remain "fixed" in that particular stage.

Freud would argue that a strong desire to chew objects or put them in your mouth shows that you are "fixated" on the oral stage.

These ideas still have quite a strong influence on psychoanalytic thinking, although many of the details have been dismissed or discredited.

Science is hot!

[MissH]

I like sucking bottles. I love the evian bottles and fruit shoots. I find it really calming. Sometimes I fill them with hot chocolate and take them to bed and read a nice book.

I know it's very child-like like wanting a bottle etc, it's just comforting!

I used to bite my nails really badly. My mum used to put that disgusting nail polish on that made everything taste foul. One day I just suddenly stopped biting them.

Danny bites the skin round his nails ALL the time. Drives me nuts!

[LunarWeaver]

I have a specific pen I pick up and chew on all the time. I'm sure it's very sanitary.

[Shiny]

There are two women I know who suck their thumbs. It's probably a comfort thing.

[Jowy]

I'm a dirtbag, Sarah.

[DarkMatta]

When the mustache section of my beard grows out over my upper lip, I find myself plucking single hairs strands with my teeth. Pure filth.

[BlasterDarkRen]

I like to chew on my DS stylus.

My compulsion is skin-picking based. It's called dermatillomania. I have to pick at my skin constantly, mainly my fingers. My fingers always pretty much look like they've been in a blender.

are you... my clone?

Everything you just said is what I would have said too.

[Ayen]

I like to chew on my DS stylus.

My compulsion is skin-picking based. It's called dermatillomania. I have to pick at my skin constantly, mainly my fingers. My fingers always pretty much look like they've been in a blender.

are you... my clone?

Everything you just said is what I would have said too.

EoFF: Attack of the Clones!
Pretty soon we'll be forced to watch a horrible romance on screen. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

[BlasterDarkRen]

I though we'd decided not to fall in love... that it would destroy our li...

oh wait we're nerding on a FF forum we don't have LIVES

[Mercen-X]

I thought I was the only one, it always felt wrong somehow, but I just couldn't help myself, whenever I sit down to a meal, I just have to chew my food.

Seriously though, my closest need to chew on things would be gum and beef jerkey (neither of which I can have anymore)

[Zanmato]

Pens and some pencils, long time ago, in the childhood. XD
I though the thread is about something sensual... Damn, I'm a big pervert, indeed! XD

[Quindiana Jones]

I didn't bite my fingernails for three weeks whilst on vacation in Thailand, 12 weeks whilst on vacation in New Zealand, or 43 weeks whilst on vacation in the US.

I have bitten my fingernails religiously my whole life otherwise, and I hate it. I like the feeling and the look of nice healthy nails, but I just