Why? ¿Por qué? Porquoi? Perchè? Warum?
The main reason that I became interested in casting is aesthetics. The way the cast looked fascinated me. Plaster was all I knew of casting. Fiberglass was unkown to me. It was the whiteness and texture of the cast that caught my attention, and my fascination of casts was born. I can't really explain why the look of a cast fascinated me. I hope to look further into this one day. Until then, I will just say that there is just seomthing about the way the white looks against the flesh of the skin and the contour of the cast and leg. I was looked at casts on both females and males at an early age. However, I just looked at the cast and didn't think of it in a sexual manner. I just envied that person and fantasized about being in that situation. It wasn't until my late teens that I fantasized about women in casts, but this fantasy wasn't as great as the one to actrullly have a cast.
At an early age I wasn't attracted to the "attention aspect". It was a very secret passion. I desired a cast but not the attention it would receive or I would receive. This shyness coupled with the ignorance of recreational casting made the acquisition of a cast seem almost futile. It wasn't until my sprained ankle that I got some confidence. One must feel safe in their casting. They must decide sometime that the risk of discovery will not be the end of the world and that it is worth the risk to get casted. It is my opinion that it is healthier to risk getting caught rather than keep this desire bottled up inside you. My experience after casting was one of freedom. It gave me confidence and the ability to rid myself of the anxiety of getting the attention of others.
The attention turns into a rush. You may find yourself becoming more bold than you ever thought you could be. You will also find that the release of the desire into reality will make you a less repressed person. I found that I become more open with other aspects of my life. I asked others in casts why they were in them, something I would never have done before casting. Just the look of the cast, therefore made me more confident, open, and more willing to experience life. This may seem like an exaggeration but it really isn't. Maybe you can relate to my overwhelming desire to be casted. If you can, imagine how liberated you will feel if this dream comes true.
Wearing a cast can be a great experience that can change you life. One of the main reasons casts interested me was the curiosity of how it would feel. I knew that I liked the way they looked, but the way they looked directly influenced my curiosity in how they would feel. Just the marble-like finish of plaster made me want to have one. Because of my desire to wear a cast and my inability to acquire one, I moved towards experimenting with ACE bandages and braces. This introduced me to the wonder of restriction involved in casting.
Restriction or bondage (though I don't like this latter term) is probably the main reason people like wearing casts. It's just a wonderful feeling to have on that cast and to feel the loss of moevement in the particular limb. Ironically it seems to create a freedom. In freedom I mean an expression of this desire you may have in you to cast. Bondage doesn't mean pain necessarily. It means control and order. You have the cast, you are in some way disabled, and you know it and can feel it. I view casting almost as a way to control some aspect of you life and keep some order in it. this, in my opinion, is a theraputic way of supplying some pleasure in a sometimes boring and mundane life. The look of the cast may give you attention that you desire, but the feel of the cast will give you the control in your life that you need.
In sum, I think this control mentioned above is healthy. Some choolse the art of painting or crafting wood or such things. We, as casters, choose the art of applying wonderful casts on ourselves or others to vent ourselves and to provide some order in your life.
I hope the above opinions shed some light on the subject of casting. I don't pretend to be some sort of professional, however, I am a caster and do have a degree in psychology. I will modify anything accordingly and hope to explore further explanations into this subject.