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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Hey :( you're clearly struggling. I had pocd for a little bit, so I know how traumatising it can be. I remember somebody said to me during this time that "you cannot be dragged kicking and screaming into a sexuality" (sorry if that's reassurance but it is true). As for the articles, I assume you are reading them compulsively to check whether you are what you fear or not. This is a compulsion. You should idenfity compulsions and try to stop doing them, easier said than done I know. Yes, it's true, non-offending paedophiles do exist, and so do sufferers of POCD. Can you be sure you're one and not the other? Can you be certain? That is probably what your OCD is asking you. To that, you should play OCD at it's own game. "I wont answer you, there are lots of uncertainties in this world. How can I be sure the sun will rise tomorrow morning? Why are you not focusing on that?" Guess what? We all live with uncertainties all the time. Always. We are always uncertain, it's just that OCD latches onto what disturbs us the most, dont forget ocd thoughts are ego-dystonic. Please reach out to suicide helplines if you feel you're reaching a low point. Know that you're not the first pocd sufferer, nor will you be the last. Many have had pocd and it's gone completely but you must help yourself by resisting from compulsions and not feeding the OCD monster.
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- 5y ago
Don’t read online! It’s a compulsion! You are worthy and the days will get better.
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- 5y ago
I can’t agree more it’s hard not to search and read online but it’s a horrible compulsion
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- 5y ago
i’m trying so hard but i just want to be normal. i don’t want to be a “non offender” or offender. i just want to be normal
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- 5y ago
You are normal, you have OCD intrusive thoughts or a nature that terrify you and they become repetitive, guess what, so do the rest of us here, every single one of us here!
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- 5y ago
If there’s even a CHANCE you are not a pedophile , you should still love you life as best you can. Not reassuring you , but you know you have OCD and it’s possible this is all just OCD. Searching the Internet is tempting but compulsive , and not everything on the Internet is accurate since just about anyone can write something. Keep on persevering , you’re really strong and I’m proud of you for pulling through the pain caused by OCD.
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Live ** not love
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- 5y ago
but like,,, what if i was born with this?? what do i do?? i don’t want to be alive if i’m not attracted to people my age or older?? i don’t want to be alive if i’m sexually or emotionally/romantically attracted to babies??
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- 5y ago
a lot of the times it’s not even what if. it’s just “you are and you have no choice accept it”
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- 5y ago
Very common. When my thoughts were bad, it was "You could" "You should" "You might" "Its possible" It's very common with OCD, I assure you.
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thank you
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- 5y ago
I try not to google everyday and it will drive you nuts at first but honestly fuck what the articles say. Anyone can be born anything. I could be born with a disability, being a psychopath, or not have survived! Nothing is certain. But I also wanna note that I had this problem a few months ago when I read a statistic about how only children end up being violent in households that aren’t put together. I read it over and said it had to be true. I, myself am an only child. I have these awful harm ocd thoughts. That must mean I am apart of the statistic and I am violent. But now I look back on all the research I did. I could read about “will I do this...” for forever. It is literally a loop setting you up for failure. Sorry this is so long I just can tell you’re struggling like I was/am. It feels so real. There are so many awful things in the world. We can’t hate ourselves for it forever. If you were okay with being a pedo and didn’t care I think that would be an issue. But it scares you. Just know that.
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- 5y ago
thank you. the only thing is that it doesn’t even matter if i’m scared. the people born with it said they are/were too then accepted it but i refuse
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- 5y ago
Yeah so what are you gonna do? Run away from it or confront it?
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- 5y ago
If you are distressed about it then you are not a pedophile....those that are, even non offending ones do not stress about it...that is what they like and they do not see it as wrong. It's an OCD theme, I've battled it too and it WILL fade. It's one of the worst I know I've been there and I'd rather be dead than molest a child. If one was a true pedophile they would not feel that. You will be okay ❤❤
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- 5y ago
but what if it’s NOT. then i literally don’t have any hope
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- 5y ago
What do all intrusive thoughts start with? "What if" Well, what if the sun doesn't rise tomorrow? If the sun doesn't rise tomorrow nobody has any hope. But how many of us are walking around terrified the sun wont rise? Probably no one. Why? Because it's not a thought that terrifies us to out core. You have intrusive thoughts that terrify you, they're ego-dystonic thoughts. Accepting uncertainty doesn't mean you're accepting you could be what you fear. It means letting the thoughts swim around in your head while staying away from compulsions, like checking or reassurance seeking. Compulsions feed OCD.
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- 5y ago
@MJocd Saying that, I could be terrified the sun might not rise tomorrow it the sun was very important to me. If that was the case, I would also be feeling how you're feeling right now. You care for the well being and safety of children, they're important to you so therefore, you have this theme.
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- 5y ago
i think run for a bit until my therapist and i get a plan.
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- 5y ago
thank tou
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- 25w ago
So I was on a hat chat gpt and it said that people who are non-offenders experience distress and anxiety and disgust and depression and they feel ashamed of being a non-offender like WHAT like that's honestly terrifying and I'm so scared because that's how I've been feeling like when I'm out I get anxiety too especially when I see a younger person I always been attracted to MEN my whole life can people turn into monsters and I don't even care if they have problems if there attracted to kids then there sick in the head like don't care like this has been sharing me soo much and the worst part about it is that they said some are in denial or suppress their attractions I'm so done...... I can not do this this is too much I would rather be gone from this earth than find out that I might be one like you have to be kidding me if you're attracted to young people and desire that you're sick and dead to me you're a monster I don't care like its disgusting. for this eole some people are suffering from POCD like me are scared to think about that and I'm terrified.
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Sometimes I think " do I like kids?" "Would i get aroused if I saw content with kids?""What if I'm a pedo and cant accept it?" "What if I'm ok with these thoughts?" "What if I'm not distressed enough " "What if I enjoy these thoughts?" , i avoid kids as much as i can, i cant look at them bc I'm scared I'm gonna have some groin like response. I keep testing if I'd get turned on or if I'd have some groinal response to sexual scenarios with kids. Sometimes I think that if I took my life this would be over and i wouldn't have to think about this and i wish i doubted something else instead of things like this. I had similar situations just with different topics such as if i loved or found sexually appealing a guy while in a relationship and i kept asking myself those questions for months and i avoided going to school for weeks and when I went I'd cry and have anxiety attacks. I had it with past actions i obessed over and felt the need to exploit every detail and be honest because otherwise i was being a fraud. I had it for sexual things that happened when i was a child. Im not diagnosed with ocd but should i tell this to my local counselor? Can someone help? Give me advice or tell me anything?
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- 14w ago
I feel like a really terrible person right now, I keep replaying this, and no matter what I can’t remember what happened, it’s like my brain is purposely not letting me think about it. Without wasting any more time, I’ll get into it. Basically, I was at Walmart, and looking at cards with My Dad, I saw anime ones, took pictures of them for my sister, even ones that were anime kids, because I did my best to ignore it, so I looked at a Hunter x Hunter card, I stared at the black haired kid, being all like “ I’m glad I’m not having any thoughts about this, I’m glad I’m having normal thoughts and not thinking anything” I felt happy, then as soon as I looked at killua (white haired kid), everything collapsed. I don’t know what happened, my brain won’t let me remember. But I’ll give bits and pieces. I think that I had false attraction, and something in my head, said “oh, I wouldn’t mind being attracted.” “He is attractive, and I’m attracted to him.” “I remember a girl thinking he is attractive and he is” “ It’s not wrong to be attracted” “ I don’t care about his age” .. something along the lines of that, and now I’m panicking super hard, because I’m worried if I said those things, I feel like I ruined my life that I’m a pe//do and deserve nothing, idk what to do, I feel terrible… I remember when I was having the intrusive thoughts, I was panicking and was worrying, but it kept playing out, and I kept hearing things talk, it was drawn out too long, that now I feel convinced that I was saying those things, I tested it too, and I can confirm that I didn’t say that, but why am I still not convinced? I know I wouldn’t say those things, I was hoping the complete opposite would happen. My brain kept making me feel like it wasn’t wrong and it was okay. Maybe that’s why I’m so convinced I did that. I’m just spiraling super bad right now, I don’t know what to do or what to think, I don’t know if I said that or not… even if I did test it, I genuinely just feel like I said it, and I wanted it, because I still feel uncertain, I still feel like I said it, part of me just wants to be like oh I did and so I can move on, not because I agree with it, I just don’t know what else to do… I’m really scared.
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