List of paraphilias

List of paraphilias
Synonyms
Pronounce	N/A
Specialty	Psychiatry, Psychology
Symptoms	Atypical sexual interests
Complications	N/A
Onset	Typically adolescence or early adulthood
Duration	Long-term
Types	N/A
Causes	Unknown, possibly biological, psychological, or sociocultural factors
Risks	Social stigma, legal issues, relationship problems
Diagnosis	Based on DSM-5 criteria
Differential diagnosis	Sexual orientation, sexual dysfunctions
Prevention	N/A
Treatment	Psychotherapy, medication
Medication	N/A
Prognosis	N/A
Frequency	Unknown, varies widely
Deaths	N/A

a list of sexual behaviors or desires that are considered atypical or abnormal.Autoerotic asphyxiation: A sexual practice in which an individual seeks to increase sexual pleasure by restricting their own airflow during sexual activities, often through self-strangulation.

• Coprophilia: A sexual attraction to feces or engaging in sexual activities involving feces.
• Dendrophilia: A sexual attraction to trees or engaging in sexual activities with trees.
• Diaper fetishism: A sexual interest in wearing or using diapers, often for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.
• Erotic lactation: A sexual attraction to breastfeeding or adult nursing relationships, in which an adult sucks milk from the breasts of a lactating woman.
• Exhibitionism: A sexual preference for exposing one's genitals to non-consenting individuals in public settings.
• Fetishism: A sexual fixation on a nonliving object or non-genital body part.
• Formicophilia: A sexual interest in having insects crawl on the body or genitals, often for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.
• Frotteurism: A sexual preference for rubbing one's genitals against non-consenting individuals, often in crowded public places.
• Gerontophilia: A sexual attraction to elderly individuals or engaging in sexual activities with elderly partners.
• Hypoxyphilia: A sexual preference for experiencing a reduced oxygen supply during sexual activities, either through breath control or other means.
• Infantilism: A sexual interest in role-playing as an infant or engaging in activities commonly associated with infants, such as wearing diapers, using pacifiers, or being fed by a caregiver.
• Klismaphilia: A sexual attraction to enemas or engaging in sexual activities involving the use of enemas.
• Masochism: A sexual preference for receiving pain, humiliation, or suffering during sexual activities.
• Mucophilia: A sexual attraction to mucus or engaging in sexual activities involving mucus.
• Necrophilia: A sexual attraction to corpses or engaging in sexual activities with a dead body.
• Pedophilia: A persistent sexual interest in prepubescent children, typically aged 13 years or younger.
• Pictophilia: A sexual attraction to pornographic images, videos, or other visual stimuli, often to the exclusion of real-life sexual partners.
• Sadism: A sexual preference for inflicting pain, humiliation, or suffering on others during sexual activities.
• Somnophilia: A sexual attraction to sleeping or unconscious individuals or engaging in sexual activities with sleeping or unconscious partners.
• Transvestic fetishism: A sexual attraction to wearing clothing typically associated with the opposite sex, often for the purpose of sexual arousal.
• Urophilia: A sexual attraction to urine or engaging in sexual activities involving urine, such as "golden showers."
• Voyeurism: A sexual interest in observing non-consenting individuals who are undressing, naked, or engaging in sexual activities.
• Zoophilia: A sexual attraction to non-human animals or engaging in sexual activities with animals.

See also

• Courtship disorders
• Erotic target location errors
• List of phobias
• Lovemaps
• Perversion
• Sexual fetishism

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