sparklezBear

While I always wear plastic pants to protect against small leaks, I think the biggest facet affecting nappy absorbency is flooding, or lack there of.

For me, being in nappies 24/7 is a treatment for a generalised anxiety disorder, and brings such mental calm that nothing else (inc medication) could equal. Bedwetting and incontinence (while also enjoyed) is part of this and also validation for me to be in nappies 24/7. I've no regrets at all except for one, that I should have done this years and years ago. Otherwise, it's been overwhelmingly positive in all respects.

Nothing more than a +1 for me. I generally change on a schedule with a nappy designed to go longer than required distance. At change time, rarely does my nappy reflect the how wet I think I am. Sometimes it's a shock if I've had a particularly heavy night or day. Love the blur...

This, 100%.

As someone who untrained and now enjoys nightly bedwetting (in my nappy of course), I did achieve bedwetting while I remained continent at work in the day. So it was possible for me at least. If you keep using your daytime continence, most of it should remain. Only after going 24/7 did any significant loss occur during the day. Otherwise, becoming a bedwetter is not easy and requires considerable effort to re-write your subconscious toilet-training. For me it has been totally well worth the effort, I am at my truest and happiest self being a devout and nightly bedwetter. Happy to give you suggestions for this at any time though.

I'll try

Sure, happy to share my experiences. For my family, I'm not even remotely close to any of them them except for my mother, so none of them know. Otherwise I've told the truth to all of my friends, and my doctor, that I've had a lifelong desire for them, and function better in nappies. All of my friends have been supportive, and my doctor is understanding. While I prefer to use my nappies for everything, it is convenient sometimes to have some bowel control, particularly when I'm about in public or at work. I've no wish to expose another non-consenting person to the smell of my messy nappy. Were I to progress to bowel incontinence too, that wouldn't bother me hugely. I just don't think that will happen without some effort on my part, and for now I'm happy with things as they are in the short term. None! The big C and copious amounts of work have largely prevented me from going anywhere. This will change later in the year however, as I'll have a few weeks with friends away from home. I suspect the biggest challenge will be logistics around changing and supply. For the three weeks I will need about 65 odd nappies of different types, various consumables, plastics and onesies, and clothing to suit. Since I will have my car, bringing those nappies with me is no big deal. Just being in an unfamiliar place will be a test for changing. Whichever way, it's a challenge I look forward to. For me, I usually dress for discretion. This means onesies for support and or light compression shorts for smoothing out lines and providing support. The onesies I refer to here are plain camisole bodysuits. They prevent my waist band from peeking, and provide some support for my nappy. The light compression shorts essentially hold up my nappy while smoothing out any defined lines. Together they make my nappy very discrete, suitable for the work place. Outside of work, I care much less about discretion, although the chosen nappy still factors into whether I can wear my favourite skinny jeans, which are only really viable with medium-duty nappies. Otherwise skirts and dresses allow me to wear whatever max-capacity nappy I like. The perks of being a girl.

I'm definitely one of these types of people that works well with interaction rather than just sharing an update. I never know what to write about, and so keep it as short and concise as possible. On that note, thank you for the additional question :). In no particular order. The ease of which I adapted to 24/7 was not expected. I expected to experience a marked degree of trial and effort integrating nappies into my life, which while was that of a home-body, not always. I also expected work to represent additional challenges that it really hasn't. In detail, I expected to have wardrobe malfunctions, a number of issues with leaking in public, and having to manage in situations where I could not change as needed. While I have experienced one episode of severe leaking, and a few minor leaks while at work, they were rather isolated and rare. I don't have any real explanation other than to propose that it was down to preparation and planning. I learned before going 24/7 what nappies work well in different scenarios, and learned the valuable skill of strategic changes. Currently I've not had any sort of public leak in months, and no difficulties whatsoever in changing as needed while out and about. Incontinence is not like what I had thought it was. A long time before going 24/7, I had an aim of incontinence. I had this idea that it went hand in hand with wearing 24/7, and that it would result in me just dribbling for much of the time without awareness. To be clear, I do have an element of that, but that is not the way a bulk of my bladder contents leaves. Rather, I tend to void in reasonably small amounts anywhere from a couple to a dozen times and hour depending on my hydration, activity and even the temperature. I also tend to retain awareness of this, although that is not to suggest there's much conscious thought or permission involved. As I had expected to be more a constant dribbler, I researched finding papers which detailed the urinary habits of babies through to toddlers. What I found is that most 9-month olds tend to void about 4-5 times per hour on average, slowly decreasing with age. It suddenly seemed obvious, that I am actually using my nappy like a baby. Ok, I may have more awareness of this by virtue of noticing the sensation, but it doesn't diminish the fact that I have minimal involvement with my bladder, encouraging it to empty at every moment it can. Generally, I don't really give permission for voiding to occur, it more or less just happens without any real involvement by me now days. All in all, I'm very happy with this, although as noted, it really wasn't what I thought it would be. Nobody notices. I've been in nappies at work and in public for more than a year. I started off with thinner medium-duty nappies to help in visual discretion, which they do work well for right up until the moment they leak. It only took me a few months to migrate from medium-duty nappies to more capacious models. At work, a R*@#$ Essential is the minimum I wear. For other public outings, I just dress to the occasion and duration. I must admit, I tend to wear either medical or plain white nappies while in public, god forbid I have some sort of accident and need emergency care. The same goes for at work, since injury is always a possibility. Otherwise, to my knowledge nobody knows. Or at least nobody has said anything in any setting. I suspect the age old trend continues, people are too focused on themselves to notice such minor things around them. With that said, I continue to dress appropriately regardless, using onesies, light compression shorts and larger-sized bottoms (for pants) appropriate for the situation. A good routine will keep the rash away. In the last year, I can count the number of rashes I've experienced on one finger. The one rash that I did experience was the initial result of some chaffing from poorly located leg cuff on my Gary brief cover. It settled quickly over the next day or two with careful application of the ever helpful Sudocrem. Otherwise with the application of Sudocrem and usually powder at each change, my skin has remained in great condition even with only two nappies per day on workdays. My little side has become a bit more subdued. I've not been able to identify the specific reason for this, but it is something I have noticed over the last year. I still sleep with my plushie, in a onesie if the temperature allows, and I love my childlike clothing that I try to wear while at home. But I'm currently okay to go without those things, and I've not slept consistently with a paci for some months now, and haven't had a bottle in quite a while. Initially I had the plan of setting up my spare room as a little space room for me, with lots of plushies, colour, graphics, furniture and what not to be an escape, somewhere to drift off peacefully after a bottle. Instead, it became only a store room for excess nappies, although the furniture I wanted is sitting there, empty. It's not been for naught however, and that room has come in handy for friends needing a roof over their head, either while visiting, or during these floods for example. Currently I'm missing the idea more than the fruition of the idea so to speak. Were I to guess, I would think that this is the result of being in nappies 24/7. As in, my constant nappy companion remains powerful, helping me to function in a variety of ways to the point where it's taken sufficient pressure off my little side that had been previously trying to get attention and engagement internally. Feel free to ask more questions :).

As the weeks and months tick by, I find that I've rather settled into my new lifestyle to such a point where it's now the mundane. I'm engaging less in the wider soggy-pants community, and aside from daily appreciation for my chosen type of underwear, I give little mind to this facet of my life. I wonder if that explains the seemingly relatively low activity by veterans of the 24/7 movement. Or perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places? Backing up a sec, a week ago marked 12 months of 24/7. I had intended to post on the day, but work and a life within a local natural disaster has been taking up most of my time. For anyone who doesn't know, the north-eastern part of NSW in Australia has experienced record levels of flooding, with countless homes destroyed or damaged, with equal numbers of people displaced. The community has been ever active and supportive, and almost everyone not directly affected by the flood has been getting involved and volunteering in the clean-up or helping with evacuees, myself included. I've also taken in some friends who were displaced. All in all, tumultuous times, not to mention a frantic re-stash of the countless nappies and supplies I had in my spare (little) room as I had friends on their way. On the 24/7 front, and particularly since my last update some months ago, it's all been smooth sailing. I cannot foresee that I would ever stop at this point. I love being in nappies, and it's working well in my life. As with my last update, I refer to myself as being incontinent, and I certainly cannot be trusted for any time without a nappy or I will drip and dribble like a toddler. Beyond that, it's all quite boring. The biggest challenge I find now is choosing the right nappy to match my expected change time if I'm due to go out and about. Oh, and while I have friends at home with me, I've been using the potty for #2 out of respect for their olfactory senses. That will end as soon as I'm alone again. Here's to last 12 months, and to the next 12 months in nappies.

This is not the way the brain works. Different regions of the brain are involved. Somewhat relieved, from the sounds of it your experience is likely not the result of anything physical.

Allow me to recommend you go see your doctor. If experiencing such neural changes, you need thorough investigations. It could be anything from a lack of electrolytes (read over-hydrated), to something more concerning.

That is well put. For the longest time I tried to bury this aspect of myself as many of us have previously or do currently. Intrinsically I feel this is due to part of ourselves that worries what another might think. And, the fear is real. Even with acceptance of yourself, that worry seems to stay although it's certainly diminished. The most important thing I think that changes is that you value your own authentic self above the worry about others. It's not easy to get past, and it took me until I was 40 to accept that nappies are here to stay and entirely okay. To boot, nappies help me to function socially as an adult better than in recent memory as they quash my social anxiety outright. Personally, the benefits outweighed any risk.

Just a suggestion with the gary pants, assuming you leaked from the back of your legs as I used to. I found that I leaked because the edge of the nappy was at the leg gathers. So, when pulling them up. always ensure they're not too far up. I generally feel at the back of my legs, and do even pull them down a bit to ensure that when I bend (eg sit), none of the edges of the nappy are exposed to the leg gathers. It doesn't matter if the top of the nappy isn't covered, and generally I have an inch or two of the nappy waistband poking through the top of the gary pants. I can fold it in, but it's no harm sticking up, and my onesie prevents any viewing of this. The other suggestion is, wear a full-cut cotton brief over the nappy as an absorbent backup. I don't want to use the word underwear, because that isn't what they're used for, but you know. As others say, a slower release will also allow the nappy to absorb optimally, results in fewer leaks too.

I'm about the same way along as @Ginger, 24/7 for 10 and a half months. There are times where I will use the potty (eg #2s at work), otherwise I use my nappy for all. Can't see myself ever going back, not that I could keep my pants dry without a nappy anyway.

Bedwetting was something psychological to me. There was a mental block that had to be overcome. I used many approaches to overcome thing, including regular hypnosis, regular self-reinforcement (telling myself that I'm a bedwetter), and dedication while taking comfort in being a bedwetter for the rest of my life. It had to be something that my mind accepted and expected on a deep level, or otherwise my mind may have fought against it. So, I suggest looking at what possible hang-ups you might have, or look what else may be stopping you from feeling as secure as possible in this fate.