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- 1y
Can't interact with kids without feeling creepy
Today I (21) was playing a game and someone approached me. I could tell by how they talked that they were younger. I was just being nice with them/having a convo but I felt like just by talking with them I'm somehow a predator. They told me they were 14 and I panicked and compulsively said I was 18 so it would look less weird to other players. I thought they'd assume I was a creep if I said my real age, but in hindsight that's even more creepy that I lied and I immediately regretted it. I didnt have any weird convos or anything with them, i just showed them around the game a bit and then they left, so im probably never going to see to this person again. But now I just feel creepy for lying like some kind of predator. What if I lied to lure them in or something like that? POCD is the worst, I can't win with this disorder.