The 25 rarest paraphilias in the world (and their characteristics)

Human sexuality, despite the social advances we have made in accepting sexual freedom and although we are in the 21st century, continues to be surrounded by countless taboos and a huge stigma that, apparently, is difficult to eradicate. In many contexts, it is difficult for us to talk about sex, being a subject that we tend to limit to our strictest intimacy.

And in this context, there is nothing that generates more discomfort than talking about our sexual tastes and our preferences in bed. And if even when these tastes are "typical" we feel ashamed when expressing them, it goes without saying that, if they go out of the way, this becomes practically an impossible mission.

And if we even curl the curl more, we are not only talking about strange sexual tastes, but about a paraphilic disorder, things become very tricky. Paraphilias are the set of thought patterns that lead us to have intense, frequent and obsessive sexual desires and fantasies of an arousal type towards atypical objects, situations, people or practices that, in short, go beyond what we socially consider as " normal".

In the world of paraphilias, there are some very common: to the feet, to physical suffering, to tickling, to being suffocated in a controlled way ... But there are others that, whether or not they are pathological conditions and constituting crimes or not (not all paraphilias are bad, far from it), they are extremely rare paraphilias. And in today's article We are going to embark on a journey to the most extravagant side of sex to know, among the more than 500 recognized, the strangest paraphilic disorders in the world.

What are the strangest paraphilias?

The world of paraphilias is surrounded by a lot of stigma since it is true that some of them lead to commit horrible acts, such as pedophilia, necrophilia or bestiality. But the truth is that there are many others that do not represent anything bad or, at least, as long as there is consensus between the two parts of the couple, they do not suppose anything negative.

And it is that as we say, A paraphilia is any thought pattern that involves sexual desires and fantasies of an arousal type towards atypical situations, people, activities or objects. In any case, we are facing a term that is difficult to define since there is even still a debate as to whether these paraphilic disorders should enter the diagnostic manuals or if they are simply a more or less obsessive intensification of peculiar sexual tastes.

Because although some are clearly pathological conditions that lead to the performance of morally and legally punished acts, it is still not clear where the limit or border lies between what is a paraphilia as such and a simple unusual sexual interest that comes from what is we consider and define as "normal".

Anyway, what interests us today is to be very clear that, in a paraphilia, the person does not find in the sexual relationship itself the main source of pleasure, but in the unusual factor that plays a key role in their sexual world, becoming obsessive. And as we said, there are more than 500. This means that, although there are many very common, there are some incredibly strange.

And we are going to collect them not to take this issue with humor, but to realize how far these paraphilic disorders can go, which, many times, make the person ashamed of himself. Some are not a pathological condition, but others undoubtedly are. And in this case, it is important that the person has the strength to seek psychological attention before committing reprehensible acts.

1. Ailurophilia

Ailurophilia is a type of zoophilia, that is, a paraphilia that represents a pathological condition where the person experiences intense sexual arousal towards cats and that, unfortunately, can culminate in sexual intercourse with these animals.

2. Formicofilia

The formicophilia is the paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal due to the fact that there are ants crawling on the genitals. Even so, this strange paraphilia also applies if the object of desire is other insects such as snails or worms and even animals.

3. Capnolagnia

Capnolagnia is the paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal by people who smoke, taking pleasure in visualizing someone smoking.

4. Spectrophilia

Without a doubt, one of the strangest and, in part, terrifying paraphilias. Spectrophilia is paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal generated by the fantasy of having sex with ghosts and, in general, entities or specters from another world.

5. Dacryphilia

Dacryphilia is the paraphilia that consists of the tear-induced sexual arousal and / or crying. A person with this paraphilia will be excited when they visualize another person, known or unknown, crying.

6. Autonepiphilia

Autonepiphilia is the paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal that is achieved when the person, an adult, transforms into a baby, wearing diapers and behaving like a newborn. For them, sex, in addition to the sexual practice itself, has to be accompanied by the care that a baby receives, such as changing their diapers, applying talcum powder, giving them a bottle, etc.

7. Aerophilia

Many people are not very fond of heights. But there is also the opposite extreme. Aerophilia is the paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal induced by the fact of being in high places, such as the top of a mountain, in an airplane or on the roof of a skyscraper.

8. Besophilia

Besophilia is the paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal that a person feels when a syringe is injected. The pleasure lies precisely in the fear and rejection of needles, which are, in relation to masochism, the source of excitement.

9. Dendrophilia

Dendrophilia is the paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal by plants, feeling arousal pleasure when being in environments full of plants. A particular case is the antolagnia, which is the form of this paraphilia focused on the excitement of flowers.

10. Hierophilia

Hierophilia is the paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal induced by all those objects associated with religious rituals.

11. Ipsofilia

Loving yourself is okay. But without going overboard. What happens to people with ipsophilia, the paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal induced by the visualization of oneself both in a photograph and in a mirror.

12. Octophilia

There are few things less exciting than numbers. But even these have associated paraphilias. Octophilia is defined as the sexual arousal induced by the visualization of the number 8.

13. Microfilia

Microfilia is the paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal produced by the use of microphones as sex toys, both alone and with a partner.

14. Latronudia

Latronudia is paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal induced by undressing in front of medical staff.

15. Hypnophilia

Hypnophilia or somnophilia is pathological paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal by people who are asleep or unconscious. It is a dangerous paraphilic disorder as it can cause the person to sexually abuse people while they sleep or are unconscious.

16. Clismaphilia

The clismafilia is the paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal that is experienced when fluid gets into the anus.

17. Coprophilia

Coprophilia is paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal induced by visualizing, handling, smelling and even eating human excrement.

18. Acrotomophilia

Acrotomophilia is paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal produced by having or imagining sexual contact with a person who has any of his limbs amputated.

29. Salirophilia

Saliforifilia is a paraphilia consisting of sexual arousal from saliva. People with this paraphilia feel pleasure when they are spit on or swallow the saliva of their sexual partner.

20. Mechanophilia

Metophilia is a paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal towards vehicles. But not by having sex inside them, but by the vehicles themselves. The object of sexual desire can be a car.

21. Symphophilia

Symphophilia is a paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal induced by the visualization of traffic accidents, fires or any other event of this caliber.

22. Emetophilia

Emetophilia is a paraphilia consisting of the vomiting-induced sexual arousal. The person finds pleasure in vomiting, seeing someone vomiting, being vomited on by someone and even eating their own or someone else's vomit.

23. Eproctophilia

Eproctophilia is a paraphilia that consists of sexual arousal due to flatulence. In other words, it is the sexual pleasure of smelling and hearing farts, both your own and others.

24. Tafefilia

Taphephilia is a paraphilia consisting of the sexual arousal induced by being buried alive. In itself, it is not pathological, but what can be pathological is that things go wrong and the outcome is a horror movie.

25. Necrophilia

Necrophilia is a pathological paraphilia that consists of the sexual arousal that is experienced towards corpses. The person has fantasies of having sexual contact with the body of a dead person and may even commit the act, obviously punishable by law, of "having sex" with a corpse.