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Anaesthesia fetishism is a sexual fetish for anaesthesia. This may include the sexual attraction to the equipment, processes, substances, effects, environments or situations. Sexual arousal from the desire to administer anaesthetics, or the sexual desire for oneself to be anaesthetized are two forms in which an individual may exist as an arbiter of the fetish. Black rubber masks (such as the Black Beauty) used in the 1960s to administer gaseous anaesthetics to patients prior to surgery is one example of the equipment which may be fetishized. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Sigmund Freud though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ... Anesthesia (AE), also anaesthesia (BE), is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. ...

Causes

The causes of this paraphilia are unclear, but discussions on anesthesia fetish forums invariably point to pre-pubescent childhood experiences of being anesthetized by mask induction. The two combining factors appear to be a particularly intense experience of induction involving such sensations as floating and hallucinations, and a dysfunctional experience of childhood at the time, such as being deprived of attention. This combination may lead to a strong behavioural imprint. (See sexual imprinting). Look up paraphilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A typical Internet forum discussion, with common elements such as quotes and spoiler brackets A page from a forum showcasing emoticons and Internet slang An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. ... Imprinting is the term used in psychology and ethology to describe any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. ...

Acts, behaviour and rituals

Anesthesia fetish is considered edgeplay when realised outside the boundaries of fantasy, and may result in various degrees of harm, or death. Fantasies are elaborated by the viewing of images and reading of stories of anesthetic inductions. Edgeplay may involve obtaining and scening with various anesthesia-related paraphernalia - usually anesthesia masks for breathplay, the acquisition of aneasthetics for anesthetizing others or being anesthetized oneself, and the occupation of a medical setting or environment for the same practice. In BDSM, edgeplay is a subjective term for types of sexual play that are on the edge of the traditional safe, sane and consensual creed. ... For other uses, see Death (disambiguation), Dead (disambiguation), or Death (band). ... See fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies. ... In BDSM, edgeplay is a subjective term for types of sexual play that are on the edge of the traditional safe, sane and consensual creed. ... In BDSM, a scene is a complete encounter. ... In BDSM, breathplay refers to the practice of restricting or controlling the flow of air and thus oxygen into the body of one or more participants also known as asphyxiation. ...

Some anesthesia fetishists who seek to be anesthetized may feign or induce medical conditions in an attempt to obtain general anesthesia from medical personel. This is considered safer than playing with anesthetic agents outside of a medical setting, but may nevertheless be an abuse of all concerned.

Internet influence

The appearance of the Internet has considerably empowered people with this relatively rare paraphilia to discuss the subject and exchange anesthesia-related multimedia. Look up paraphilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Multimedia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

See also

• Paraphilia
• Sexual fetishism
• Medical fetishism

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External links

• The Gasman's Sleeping Gas Website - A popular (but dormant) site, with a fairly large collection of multimedia related to anestheisa and other similar subjects.
• The Doreen Institute - A German site with English translation selling anesthesia fetish multimedia and also catering for related medical fetishes.