i hate how pedophiles mix themselves into pocd communities

i’m not talking about people who have pocd (i have it too.) i’m talking about pedophiles who try to act all friendly with us like we’re on the same side. i just saw an pocd info image with “MAP resources” at the bottom of the image. like that’s what it is or something. i hate them trying to get close to something they’re obviously not welcome in. i feel disgusted and like nobody will ever understand or comprehend what pocd ACTUALLY is. feeling hopeless about public perception.

Mercury75

Date posted: Yesterday

Absolutely. But I do have hope about public perception. I feel like OCD awareness is getting better all the time, and everyone I've told irl about my taboo intrusive thoughts has been remarkably understanding. Don't let a few creeps online get to you.

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

@Mercury75 I agree. Even so, POCD is still one of those very taboo things to even discuss with others online (and in real life). From my experience, if you talk about POCD anywhere outside of the r/OCD, r/AskAnOCDTherapist , r/mental illness subreddit forums on Reddit, you’d get very mean comments. But yeah, OCD awareness is getting better, BUT .. when it comes to certain taboo things like HOCD, SO-OCD, POCD, etc. it’s one of those things that people will “side eye” you for

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

When I did heavy compulsions and came across posts on Reddit within 1-3 years back, it was a bit odd .. to see actual p3d0s under those POCD posts. In that sense, most of the comments I saw from actual p3d0s was where they’d say “oh I’m actually one and I feel this way but if you are one, here is something for you.” Which in my POV, doesn’t make sense for them to comment that because that’s triggering for me to even read .. Really odd .. At some point during one’s ERP journey with POCD, I’m not sure what type of “extreme” ERP will one do in terms of this. But here’s the thing, one has to be careful where on Reddit you post your POCD posts at because you’ll get very shamed for it, along with all the actual p3d0s under those posts as well.

anon7336474864

Date posted: Yesterday

i’ve witnessed some reddit posts with pedos talking about it too, and it really freaks me out. back when i was at probably the worst time of my life, i was really starting to wonder if i was crazy and pedos actually aren’t bad people. it’s really shameful and i partially blame and ex friend for saying they feel bad for pedos, but i got down a really scary path on reddit and ended up seeing that stuff. on the “extreme erp,” i’m kind of scared on what that entails but if it’s what i think it is i definitely don’t support it. the internet is truly a scary place

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