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I do want to point out that in your situation, this does not sound like an POCD symptom, as much as your fear of developing it. I don't mean to be invalidating at all, they are just peers within your age range. POCD is relating to children, not those who are a few years younger than you. So try to be kind to yourself. 💗 If you hyperfixate on it though, it can grow into bigger intrusions so I definitely think you should dig into ERT to be preventative. I know many friends, some of which are neurotypical who experienced this. It is completely normal if you are still in high school and they are aswell. It might seem like a huge difference but after you graduate most people don't care about that. Most of my close friends are 2-10 years apart from they're partners. We're all over 25. My fiancé is 2 years younger and it is the most healthy and mature relationship I have been in. I find I scan everyone completely aswell, including bodies to read a multitude of things abiut them, but that is more likely my co-morbid Autism. I like studying things and that includes people, the intrusive thoughts do not make you a bad person in any way. They are not under your control. We know and care DEEPLY not to act on the things that are harmful to others, and that is a really beautiful quality to have. I hope you start to feel better about it, if you're curious about some other perspectives, reddit has a thread for it too. Sending you love and peaceful brain time.💝
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But I just find it so weird when I just turned 19 and they could be like 15-16 turning 17 range :( I just hate ittt, but it did kinda scare me when you said it wasn’t a pocd symptom I was like fuck oh shit 😭😭. But other than that thanks ig it did sort of help 🥲 I think I did kinda hyperfixate on it tho 🤧
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But can I read about that reddit thread you mentioned?
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@kathernyr That makes sense to me, I remember feeling exactly the same way. That is why I never dated anyone younger. I felt overwhelming guilt when I began dating my current partner, that I had to work through. OCD knows exactly how to cling onto and trap you in nearly anything you care about. Be patient with yourself. 💗 There is an entire community actually! Just type R/PCOD into their search bar. :)
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Is this bad😭 I feel like it is idk like no one has said anything to my post is it weird ?🥲
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Why are things so real the first time they’re in my mind and then when I think about it later it’s easier for me to be like wtf?? I was watching a movie earlier and the young girl had developed more in the chest area than the last movie and I felt the desire to check her out so I did. Then later I let myself imagine her having sex and I liked it. But now looking back I’m like ew. The boys in the movie have also developed as the movie went on and I couldn’t help but think that in their real life they’ve probably woken up to boners and s*men and stuff. And looking back it’s just ugh. Idk if it’s sexual relevance but I genuinely let myself indulge in these thoughts and groinal responses and I remember thinking to myself I don’t want to be attracted to little kids and how do I stop myself (everyone has attractive qualities so in younger boys I see man like qualities). Idk I need help. I wouldn’t type this out if I truly believe I was messed up but I’m still scared
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I was just out a few minutes ago and I saw this 9 year old kid, I felt what I hope is false attraction, idk if it was or not, I don’t understand what I felt, but I felt a need to look away but also a need to look to check if I was attracted or not, when I looked it genuinely felt like I was attracted, idk what’s happening but I don’t wanna be attracted to a kid, I’m convinced I’m a pedo bc of the amount of times something like this happened, I don’t know what this means, but I’m worried it’s not pocd, I’ve never gotten a diagnosis, but many ppl online said I did and I should see a therapist, i don’t know if I liked the feeling or not, but it made me have a feeling in my chest, similar to attraction, I’ve been trying to pursue a relationship with a girl my age, but this just feels so real, I don’t know if it was false attraction or not, It felt so genuine, now that I left, the feeling kind of dissapeared, but it felt like I was genuinely attracted to that, I can’t be attracted to that, I don’t want to be attracted to that, I think I’m just a pedo in denial, I feel like I’m writing all of this to try to convince myself I’m not a pedo even though I am, this feeling only happens sometimes when I see a female kid, Idk if it means something or not, but I don’t think it’s pocd, it feels too real for me, it feels like I’m actually liking kids, I really hope it’s false attraction. I don’t wanna be a pedo, I wanna be able to have a relationship with a girl my age. I don’t understand what’s happening, please help me. I can’t tell if this is pedophilia or ocd anymore. Edit: main thing is the feelings not the thoughts because it feels like genuine attraction, I also get urges to not look but to look at the same time, for me it’s mainly the feelings, they feel so real when I think abt it now I’m still getting those feelings, I’m so convinced that I’m actually attracted. It felt like real enjoyment, so I’m worried that I am a pedo bc of those feelings, I feel like I’m not able to pursue a relationship with someone my age. But this can’t have been ocd it feels to genuine, it felt like actual enjoyment.
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I have no idea anymore. I guess this all started with me worrying about whether I was gay, then whether I was a P, then worried about being just attracted to teenagers. After that I started freaking out about not feeling “grown up” enough. Like “I’m an adult wtf is wrong with me for seeing someone who is probably younger and thinking they’re physically attractive. Then I started overthinking not finding older adults (like 30 or 40) very attractive. Like ofc I’m probably not gonna find them attractive, they’re not anywhere close my age. Maybe the desires are half real. Maybe as a 21 yr old young adult I do find older teenagers (16+) somewhat physically attractive. I still think it’d be weird to date one. Maybe that’s the normal reaction I’m supposed to have. If not, please let me know. I just don’t wanna do anything illegal one day and I’m super scared I will. I can’t tell if the fear is my just being afraid of the law though, in which case I might actually just be a bad person. I hate that my brain is just rationalizing thoughts now. I feel like I can’t do the ERP thing of “just accept that the thoughts are there but don’t engage.” Like what? How can I just think a thought that might be so integral to my identity and just ignore it? If it’s all true and I don’t like people my age anymore then I have to know and plan around that, that could change my entire life. I’m rambling, my b.
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