- Date posted
- 5y
- Date posted
- 5y
Wanting to understand why pedophiles are the way they are does not prove or disprove anything. I don't think you would accuse anyone else who had that curiosity of being one themselves. It's possible that your mind has convived you that you are the worst possible thing, a pedophile, which is why you don't feel as much disgust. Right now, you believe yourself to be one, so you may not want to feel as much strong emotion. I think you should try to recognize when you're attempting to analyze your emotions. Instead of letting yourself think "I should be more angry" and "Why am I not more upset", attempt to tell yourself there is no "correct" way to feel emotions. "I am feeling what I feel and that's okay" and move on. No emotional or thought checking. I hope this helps.
- Date posted
- 5y
Yes. Before POCD I hated pedos. I still do but not nearly as much as I did. I think it’s because we feel like we are one and hating them makes us feel worse about ourselves even tho we are not one at all. Sometimes I see stuff on the news and I’m like of that’s not that bad but it is horrible and I know it’s horrible. OCD is weird
- Date posted
- 5y
@abcd33 Yeah that’s what I believe atleast. I have defended sex offenders in my head ever since I got POCD even tho what they did was horrible and they have done evil things. For some reason now that I have POCD its like I want to stick up for them for some reason
- Date posted
- 5y
Because of my POCD I've developed empathy for pedophiles. They didn't ask for their thoughts and feelings either. As long as they don't act on them, I have no problem with them Child molesters/rapists on the other hand definitely deserve a lot of prison time. I hope they get help though. They're still human and besides it will make kids safer. I don't really hate them, if for no other reason than I'm more concerned with the survivors.
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- Date posted
- 16w
I'm posting something after a long. I have multiple Ocd themes and my main themes of sexual ocd is incest Ocd and Hocd and POCD has never been so active but today something happened that has been bothering me for a while. I was traveling in a bus and there I saw a kid/young teen. When I saw him, I instantly found him so attractive and then BOOM.. I started feeling like I'm attracted to him. I felt confused. I literally found him attractive and also thought that he would look really fine after growing up his face was so attractive but I don't want to be into him at all. I feel like I'm so much into him. I'm feeling very bothered by this feeling. I feel like I'm in denial and I should accept my attraction towards him. I don't want to feel this way at all. I don't understand what to do, how to figure out this feeling. I'm 99% sure that there was an underlying attraction I felt when I looked at him and realized that he is good looking. I feel like dying from inside and extremely confused. He's not in my bus now and I feel urges to just see him once to finally figure out that I'm into him or not but he is not here. I think I'm a pedophile which I don't want to be and everything is finished now, nothing would be same in my mind because I'm so paranoid and feeling like I'm into him. Please somebody help me and let me know if anyone of you has ever felt this way having POCD.
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- Date posted
- 14w
Why am I not anxious? Like at all anymore? Is it because I'm really avoiding and trying not to think of the consequences that come from possibly being a pdfile? Is the only thing that is worrying me about it is the consequences then does it mean that I really am one? But I never masturbated to the thought of a child and actively seeked it. It came as intrusive thoughts while I was doing it yes I've had them when I see kids yes and I question and check a lot if I'm attracted to them and its just confusing me, I know I'll never do anything to hurt a child and I don't even like the idea of becoming a pdfile then why am I not anxious enough about it? The thoughts are just distressing obsessive I feel disgusting and Id say I still do compulsions but I don't know something just doesn't feel right. I don't feel anything and no real attraction to anyone or anything anymore. I just feel so disgusting and I just want to be normal but then again I pretty much did this to myself. It's weird to me I know there isn't a real indication I'm a pdfile and past experiences pretty much prove that and I've always been attracted to older guys so why is this happening now? Why am I getting these thoughts now especially right after I was trying to fix this sexual obsession/tension I had for older guys. Is my brain just leaving one thing to love and be obsessed about and going to the other? I'm really really just confused. Not anxious just distressed confused and uncomfortable. Like I want to throw up but I don't feel intense anxiety in my chest it feels like maybe I haven't processed what's going on properly. I'm genuinely so confused and I don't want to have this stay in my mind. Sometimes I just miss my ex so much because at the time I've felt something I felt so much things even though I had really bad rocd. I just miss loving people again and being alive again. I'm so scared and confused right now can anyone explain to me what is this? I genuinely just want to understand what I'm feeling or thinking because its not making sense to me
- Date posted
- 14w
I know I'm not attracted to children, there's no proof I am and no indication that I am. Yet why do I still get these sexual intrusive thoughts? Why do I still feel so uncomfortable? Why do I feel disgusting, distressed and confused when I get them? Why do I get them in the first place yet I still don't feel anxious enough? I'm really confused about this. I'm not going to do anything to a child or think of a child that way yet at the same time It gets all over in my mind. Is it just me like uncovering some attraction to children that was buried and where would it even come from I've always been attracted to men that are older than me (not like grandpas or something but 1-6 years older) so why the hell am I even getting these thoughts now? I'm genuinely so confused and I don't want this to happen. It feels I'm betraying everyone especially myself
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