Halloween is here, and with it, costumes, parties... and, for some, a great time to let their fantasies run wild.
Before getting into the topic, it's important to make a distinction: fantasies are one thing, and the actual practice of some of the things we're going to talk about is quite another.
There are actions that we find incredibly exciting when we think about or dream about them, but which we will never actually carry out in real life. These are fantasies , specifically, unrealizable fantasies.
On the other hand, there are paraphilias : “unusual” sexual practices, behaviors in which the source of excitement and/or pleasure lies in objects, behaviors or contexts that are outside the norm (understanding the norm as what is statistically common).
Some fantasies and paraphilias that are seen a lot in this era
Spectrophilia
It is a paraphilia in which a person experiences sexual attraction and sexual arousal by ghosts, spirits, and spectral figures in mirrors or feels sexual arousal with paraphernalia from the beyond.
Coulrophilia
This paraphilia involves sexual attraction to clowns, mimes, and jesters.
Dominatrix
On Halloween, many costumes include dominatrix or submissive characters, so it's the perfect time to experiment with this fetish, which stems from the intrigue of playing with power dynamics.
Dendrophilia
Take your love of wood to the next level by dressing up as a tree for Halloween. This fetish involves a love of trees and nature. Halloween is a great opportunity to dress up in branches, greenery, or other nature-inspired items.
Vampirism, hematlagnia or hematophilia
It is the arousal produced, directly or indirectly, by blood: seeing it, touching it, inducing its appearance (causing wounds with objects or biting), or even ingesting it. It is considered a high-risk practice.
Hybristophilia
There's a reason people have bad boy fetishes. The good news is that on Halloween, you can dress up as a bad boy or girl.
What do you like?