Having monitored this thread and read it all because like most people I do have fantasies. One about being dressed as a busty nurse in a short skirt with suspenders and a big syringe ready to inject a helpless male strapped to a table....... I would turn this into a reality if there were any takers!! I am not joking!

I also know where the line is between the dream and reality. As evidenced by my long journey since 2004 when I started looking at EA and then plucking up courage to come out of the shadows and join in 2006. I read and read and learned loads and checked it all out before doing anything. I have also done some crazy stuff and survived. I didn't start injecting my testicles until 2013.

This forum has many wise and caring people, mostly without testicles and some with nothing at all. We try to be helpful and share our experience and advice honestly with the caveat of do not try this at home. The reason being that your mileage may vary. We are all so different and our bodies function differently. For example when I cut my scrotum open I hardly bled at all and others I have spoken to bled a lot.... it varies. So any advice we give has to be evaluated and considered.

The most important thing of all is that we have people like the venerable LT who has a knack of cutting through the bullshit and flagging it as forgive the pun ' bollocks'. We need the blunt re-post to wake us all up and keep it real.

For some fantasists their journey changes to a real desire for castration at some point and therefore this place needs to remain open to all. At the same time we will call a spade a spade and not a shovel!

My own journey has been one of desperation and there have been times that this place and the people here have saved my life or held my hand as I did some crazy shit to my genitals. Being there while I was in hospital, checking on me, messaging me, never condemning but always caring. I did stuff after lots of research and careful consideration and I knew how to deal with things if they went bad. I did stuff I have not posted here because it was so insane I would hate someone to read it, try it and die. I was lucky.

In contrast, imagine someone coming here reading some bollocks and doing something crazy, like trying to burdizzo his penis as I read on another forum.......(If you do this you will probably die by the way). There is a lot of lies and fantasy posted as reality. It is not hard to figure out who the wise people are here and message them for some private help.

Maybe we should have a 'Fantasy' flag on threads or posts that are deemed to be so?

jcat (imported) wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:01 pm Maybe we should have a 'Fantasy' flag on threads or posts that are deemed to be so?

That would require the software used to run the site to have the ability to place such a flag. I'd be all for it, if it's possible. But keep in mind, you have nearly 2 decades worth of posts in here, and it might be unreasonable to go back and tag 'em all. *shrugs*

--LT

Losethem (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:15 pm That would require the software used to run the site to have the ability to place such a flag. I'd be all for it, if it's possible. But keep in mind, you have nearly 2 decades worth of posts in here, and it might be unreasonable to go back and tag 'em all. *shrugs*

--LT

IMO, just specific section for fantasy is enough. If the thread is fantasy - move it there, problem solved. As far as I know that functionality built in into vbulletin.

fhunter wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:10 pm IMO, just specific section for fantasy is enough. If the thread is fantasy - move it there, problem solved. As far as I know that functionality built in into vbulletin.

Brilliant Idea!

fhunter wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:10 pm IMO, just specific section for fantasy is enough. If the thread is fantasy - move it there, problem solved. As far as I know that functionality built in into vbulletin.

+1, Brilliant

Losethem (imported) wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:38 pm My experience is they ALWAYS show themselves. Eventually.

Yes, you are correct.

But what needs to be prevented is that "showing" being a "viewing" in a casket at a funeral home.

A-1 (imported) wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:15 am Yes, you are correct.

But what needs to be prevented is that "showing" being a "viewing" in a casket at a funeral home.

And that is my point for this thread. A wanker isn't at risk, but a sincere person who takes the wankers fantasy as fact is at risk of what you said above.

I think we have to be careful about dismissing "wankers". There is another category (in which I include myself) which is more of a "waffler". I have progressively gone to the brink and have now done irreparable damage to both my testicles and penis. But there are other times where I regret it and fight the urges with all my might. My most recent "scare" was just three weeks ago when I tied my balls to a powerful automatic window shade in a Chinese hotel room and pressed the "up" button and it started lifting me up off the ground and was going to winch my balls right the ceiling (my whole weight was on it) and I only saved myself by bracing my legs against the ceiling until the motor burned out! I literally almost had my balls ripped right off of me. Then I was stuck because my whole weight was hanging on my balls but luckily I had tied them with a power cord so I was able to hang by one arm while loosening it with the other and finally freed myself. I thought I'd have to hang their all night until a maid found me! Anyway, immediately afterwards I realized how stupid I was. I can laugh about it now, but I literally was at the edge. Right now I'm in totally the opposite mood and wish that I could restore my genitals to their undamaged state and get an erection (but I ruined that three months ago by injecting phenol into my penis) but no operation except an implant can help me.

So basically I am a "wanker" in that it is a fantasy, but then it leads into moments where I'm determined to make it a reality, and then when I survive that I with I never had the fantasy, a cycle that has played over and over again. My progression of damage though is that it is likely I'll lose it all, just a matter of time while I resist as much as I can and I hope I don't kill myself when it does happen...

So please be sensitive to those who are alternating between fantasy and reality. A strong fantasy can become dangerous in a moment when your guard is down, maybe when you're drunk or depressed.

This leads to another category of "wanker" which we need to be sensitive to -- the insane folks. I believe my problem is technically a mental illness, but there are some people that come here that are truly off. Remember that guy who was obsessed about wanting his castratrix to have her sleeves rolled up? All he could talk about was having the sleeves rolled up... There are others who come here and just say weird stuff. While it is tempting to chase them off, I feel sorry for them.

I think my advice about likely wankers is:

a) err on side of caution -- go ahead and give your advice, because some wankers are progressing towards action and you can help them.

b) if they don't seem to repsond to your advice, or show their craziness just ignore them.

There is a distinct difference between wankers and wafflers.

For example, in your case of waffling, you've described what you did and how it was ill advised. That's a huge difference.

--LT

If there is one thread that should be shut down (or better yet never started) it is this one. IT IS JUST PLAIN STUPID!