Hi, so, i've been reading the posts here. I guess i just felt the need to add my two cents.
I think that perhaps for some people their desire, their need to be an ab at times could stem from some childhood trama. A feeling of wanting to be cared for, loved, protected are all essential needs in a child, and those who are denied these needs, often seek them out later in life, in whatever form they can. For some this means becoming an ab at times.
However, it is important to rememeber that for a great many of ab's and mommies and daddies out there, this is a sexual fetish. It is a form of submission for the ab, of domination for the 'parent.' It is about relinquishing control to someone else. For these ab's, while it may also help them fill an emotional void of knowing someone cares for them and they are safe with this person, it also fills the physical sexual need as well.
It is also important to remember that for a lot of those who enjoy this activity, it is simply that, an acitivity, a role play, to be engaged in on occasion, but it is not by any means their lifestyle, many do not want to be an ab all the time, for they lead full and engaging adult lives, and could not fathom the two intertwining.
I guess its just important to remember that there are essentially those who find this a sexual fetish and those who find it a way to soothe past hurts. Either way, i dont think it is possible to know the exact reason why any one of us enjoys what we do, just that we enjoy it and it is not harming anyone else. You can accept who you are, without ever having to know the reasonings behind it. Sometimes, things just are the way they are....