POCD is the worst. It’s given me Four false crushes,and if I find a kid adorable, it says I’m attracted to them. I feel so weird. Not only because POCD is gross, but because I had a freak out that I was attracted to the yellow guy from don’t hug me I’m scared, because so thought he was cute ( not in that way), so I went to my friends and asked them if they thought he was cute and they were like “what”. This is really dumb

Hey I know what you’re going through. Just ignore the thoughts and understand that you are not alone. You have to accept the uncertainty because you can never be certain about anything in this world. After a while of just letting the thoughts come and go, they will be less intense. Also, remember that the theme does not matter. You are not fighting whether or not you’re a pedophile, you’re fighting the OCD. Don’t give in to compulsions and ignore the thoughts, you’ll be okay.

Totally understand what you going through? sometimes I'm like what if I really am one

I don’t want to give reassurance because that will not help you in your journey! This is your OCD making you think that you NEED to know if you’re a pedophile or not and if your thoughts are normal. I will say that everyone gets intrusive thoughts (even those without ocd) but we latch onto them because they scare us. Tell the thoughts, questions, and worries ‘Who knows? Who cares? I will accept the uncertainty!”

Thank you

Going through that right now! Stay strong

Thank you

I’m getting pretty good at ignoring the smaller ones, but things that are disgusting to an extreme are really hard

I usually just say in my head I’m not attracted to them, I just think they’re cute, but I was hanging out with my friends and there was a boy who was maybe in the eighth grade (we’re in 10) and they started saying he looked like a French boy and I spat out “yeah he’s cute (not in the crush sort of was)” to reassure myself and then my friends laughed and said “ha you’re a pedo” and I got really guilty

There’s nothing abnormal about thinking a kid is cute, just like we think dogs are cute. Them making that joke is extremely disrespectful. Even if you didn’t have this theme, they shouldn’t say things like that. Please don’t let them get to you, keep fighting and do ERP.

Is it normal to think someone two years younger than you is cute?