Female led relationships discussion

Recently W/we let me take off my cage for a while when we went swimming (there’s a blog post explaining the why and an error I made…). It was out of the cage for about six hours, with my Mistress right there so everything was fine (in every sense!), as she ‘supervised’ me constantly. The reason I’m posting… being without the cage felt terrible. I felt exposed, could practically ‘feel’ my cock, and it occupied my thoughts continuously… meaning I wasn’t focusing on my Mistress as much as usual. Honestly, I really needed to get that cage back on to feel ‘right and normal’. Why is this? Most of my life has been uncaged, yet W/we have been doing 24/7 locking for roughly two or three months now, plus wearing a device whenever we were apart during the preceding six to seven months. In all that time… could I really have changed so much? It feels like it must be true. The feeling was completely unexpected and quite awful; as soon as I got home, I went straight upstairs and put the device on again. Any thoughts?