Has wearing diapers caused you to become incontinent?

Number of responses received: 37

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes, completely	6	17.1%
Yes, to some degree	17	48.6%
No	8	22.9%
I don�t know	1	2.9%
I've always been in diapers because I was never toilet train	0	0.0%
I was born incontinent	1	2.9%
I became incontinent due to other causes	1	2.9%
About the same	1	2.9%
I don't know/remember	0	0.0%
Total:	35

In which ways are you incontinent because of wearing diapers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Bladder (pee)	25	67.6%
Bowel (poop)	14	37.8%

At what age did you first realize that you were losing control of your bladder?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Before age 6	3	8.6%
6 to 8	4	11.4%
8 to 10	4	11.4%
10 to 12	3	8.6%
12 to 14	4	11.4%
14 to 16	0	0.0%
16 to 18	2	5.7%
After 18	5	14.3%
Been incontinent since birth	1	2.9%
N/A	9	25.7%
Total:	35

At what age did you first realize that you were losing control of your bowels?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Before age 6	2	5.9%
6 to 8	2	5.9%
8 to 10	5	14.7%
10 to 12	1	2.9%
12 to 14	2	5.9%
14 to 16	0	0.0%
16 to 18	1	2.9%
After 18	2	5.9%
Been incontinent since birth	1	2.9%
N/A	18	52.9%
Total:	34

About how long do you think it took for you to lose control of your bladder?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Less than one month	0	0.0%
1 to 3 months	5	20.0%
3 to 6 months	3	12.0%
6 months to one year	7	28.0%
More than one year	6	24.0%
I've always been incontinent anyway	4	16.0%
N/A		0.0%
Total:	25

About how long do you think it took for you to lose control of your bowels?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Less than one month	0	0.0%
1 to 3 months	2	6.3%
3 to 6 months	1	3.1%
6 months to one year	2	6.3%
More than one year	6	18.8%
I've always been incontinent anyway	5	15.6%
N/A	16	50.0%
Total:	32

Did you ever attempt to regain control of your bladder or bowels?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes, but it did not work	5	14.3%
Yes, it worked but I went back to being incontinent again	1	2.9%
Yes, it worked somewhat	5	14.3%
Yes, it worked well	0	0.0%
No, I never attempted it	10	28.6%
My parents wouldn't let me regain control	6	17.1%
I've always been incontinent anyway	1	2.9%
N/A	7	20.0%
Total:	35

Who is responsible for your incontinence as a result of wearing diapers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Myself	15	46.9%
Mother	14	43.8%
Father	6	18.8%
Brother	3	9.4%
Sister	3	9.4%
Boy other than brother	2	6.3%
Girl other than sister	4	12.5%
Adult other than parents	3	9.4%
Other	3	9.4%

How did you feel once you realized you were losing control of your bladder and/or bowels? Were you ever in denial about it?

Name	Age	Answer
		i feel like a baby again and i hate it
		I felt like a little baby because I couldn't determine when I had to pee until it was too late and my pants were wet. Once my mom made the decision to put me back into diapers, I refused to acknowledge that they were diapers and would refer to them as my padded big boy pants.
		I was over the moon. I went back into nappies 24/7 with the hope of losing control. After 2 years I don't have much control of my bladder, although I'm not totally incontinent. I'd be very pleased if I lost control of my bowels too, but this is taking longer.
dave	13	well, im only a little bit incontinent, it happened pretty recently. i somtimes think ive finished peeing, but a bit more comes out in my pants, stuff like that. I actually dont want to be incontinent, it doesnt go too well with school...
dean	48	I liked it. I am a bedwetter.
BobG	62	Felt good, it is what I wanted for many years
DiaperDon	35	I lost some bowel control as a result of disease/parasites while traveling. I lived in a poor undevolped country for 2 years, and during that time, gradually lost some control. Even 15 years later, I have to be careful about what I eat, or I continue to have problems.
lack	12	ok
		great i love to just wet with out thinking about it
dave	15	I found that it was becoming easier to wet my diapers (I was forced back in), and gradually it went to the point where I would wet myself effortlessly, and then to where if I wasn't in diapers, I couldn't hold very long without peeing myself. Gradually, after a year or so, poop would be harder to hold back, and after a few minutes, or today, a few seconds, would just come out.
Brandon	12	I felt great.
Rob	23	I felt like i was a bad kid
Marc	16	I just accepted wearing diapers, & using them as a normal for boys till I guess it was to late. Having worn & been made to use diapers 24/7, I really don't know how to say or explain this, but I never in my life have known what it is to have control of my Bladder & Bowels, & be able to both hold it & as well as pee & poop, & ??? push it out or put it out when I wanted. where as my bladder & bowels when full just comes out there's no control, or stopping it

How did your parents feel about you losing bladder/bowel control as a result of wearing diapers?

Name	Age	Answer
		happy as they where hoping it would happen
		My mom has never blamed diapers for my incontinence. She thinks diapers are an absolute necessity because I haven't shown any ability to keep my pants dry at night or in certain daytime situations (such as long car trips, airplanes or church).
dave	13	they dont know, and i dont plan on telling them
lack	12	they don't know
		I think they dont mind they keep me in diapers all the time
dave	15	They didn't like it, and tried to get it reversed, but they wanted me in diapers so it didn't work out too well and was soon forgotten.
brock	15	My dad din't know.
Brandon	12	they didn't mind.
Rob	23	They thought it was cute
Marc	16	to them it was a normal thing, or was to become a normal thing for me, my brothers, & other boys.

How did your brothers and sisters feel about you losing bladder/bowel control as a result of wearing diapers?

Name	Age	Answer
		same as my "mummy"
		My sisters love the fact that their only brother is still required to wear diapers every night and often has to wear them in daytime settings. If it was up to my sisters, I would be in diapers 24/7.
BobG	62	Accepted it
dave	15	No real reaction.
brock	15	she thought it was funny.
Brandon	12	didn't mind
Rob	23	none
Marc	16	My brothers, were in diapers also & also have lost control. As for my sisters, they promote, & Advocate that All boys should be in diapers & use them for life.

How did classmates/friends/other peers feel about you losing bladder/bowel control as a result of wearing diapers?

Name	Age	Answer
		i'm home schooled so i don't have any classmates and as for friends well "babies" don't have friends
		They tease me and are always pulling down my pants to reveal my diaper. I'm not real popular at school because there aren't too many 5th graders who still wear diapers on a daily basis.
dave	13	well, no one knows to date, but im thinking it might come out soon...
dave	15	They didn't know that I wore diapers, and I very rarely lost control of my bowels at school, and it is hard to recognize when I pee myself.
brock	15	didnt tell enyone.
Brandon	12	didn't mind
Rob	23	THEY DID NOT TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENT
Marc	16	All the Adults, of my family & girls, advocate that boys should both wear & use diapers, as by brothers, & cousins, as well as most of the boys that have grown up around & with me have also been in diapers & use them. So we have come to accept this way of life, as our parents & sisters were not going to let us out of it.

Describe specifically how you feel the diapers you wore caused you to become incontinent:

Name	Age	Answer
		i don't know
		Disposable diapers today are so well made that you hardly even know when you've wet yourself. If I didn't wear diapers, I'm pretty sure I would have learned to stay dry at least during the daytime although it's likely that I would still need diapers to keep my bed dry as I'm a compulsive bedwetter and always have been.
		Because once I started wearing diapers 24/7 I never needed to wait to use them so I let go whenever I need to. And I wanted to lose control so I earlier on I actively made sure that I was never waiting to use my diaper.
dave	13	well, wenever i just had, say, a pulup on, ide try to go in it and then just walk around wearing it for a wile till i needed to go again and so on till it was really full.
BobG	62	Always wanted to become a bed wetter. After many months of wearing a diaper to bed and wettting after waking up in the middel of the night. I finally started wetting in my sleep. It took lots of time, but finally became a bedweter.
bedwetter		i was put back in diapers when i was 12yrs old for my bed wetting but i never became incontinent i found it easier sometimes to just go in my diaper even after i woke up in the morning if i was in the middle of something and did not feel like stopping playing watching tv etc and i still had my diaper on it was easier for me rather than stop what i was doing to just use my diaper and most of the time i would just pee in my diaper and either get cleaned up and dressed or put a dry diaper on later and go back to what i was doing
dave	15	I didn't try too hard to hold it back, and when it came, I let it out, so I guess my muscles just became lazy, and don't work very well anymore.
brock	15	it made me feel like i was always safe to go enywere.
Brandon	12	i don't know
Rob	23	I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM

Elaborate (describe in more detail) your answer choices to the above question: Who is responsible for your incontinence as a result of wearing diapers?

Name	Age	Answer
		well "mummy" can't have another baby and she loves having a baby to look after so as i was the youngist i was made to act and be treated like a baby with diapers, cots, prams, babies car seats, high chairs, baby bottels, baby food, cloths, dummies, the lot i'm not even allowed to bath, dress, feed myself or even brush my own teeth any more
		My older sister is because she's the one who kept insisting to my mom that I be put back in diapers. Plus, in the summer when there's no school, she's my babysitter and she usually makes me wear a diaper all day if I've peed in my diaper the night before, which is about 99% of the time. Because of this, I usually become more dependent on diapers in the summer.
brock	15	it was me because i liked to wear diapers then mt mom because she let me wear diapers the my mimi because she always put me in diapers at her house.
Rob	23	MY MOM

Average Age of respondents to this question:	23.9
Range of ages of respondents:	8 -  62

Age Distribution
Under 10	3
10-14	7
15-19	9
20-24	2
25-29	0
30-34	2
35-39	4
40-44	1
45-49	2
50-54	1
55-59	0
60-64	1
65-69	0
70-74	0
75-79	0
80+	0

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