I was talking to a chappie who’d reached out to me about castration. He is doing a DIY job using alcohol injections. I really worry about people doing that – its really not safe! But what can they do when the medical profession is so obstructive? Not everybody has a house they can remortgage to pay for a professional solution.

It was interesting hearing the similarities and differences between him and me. The same sense of his body not being right, the same sense of relief when he takes matters into his own hands. His methods are different (clearly), as are his relationships.

He was also into chastity devices.

I told him that I had enjoyed chastity for a while, it was great fun, but it had a dark side: it further drew my attention to my testicles. I became even aware of just how big they were; physically they took up more space in my underwear, they took up more space in my brain. I would go so far as to say that it sent my dysphoria into over-drive. A fun kink became a form of mental torture.

That got him thinking.

The next day, I heard back from him: he’d removed his chastity device because he had become aware of just how uncomfortable it made him down there.

That got me thinking: for those of us who have some sense of dysphoria about our genitals, is chastity safe? Does it make us feel the discomfort more intensely?

For him and me it did.

Do you feel uncomfortable with your genitals? Do you use a chastity device? Does it increase your sense of dysphoria?

Take care!