My experience with POCD~ -I’m more afraid of the fact that I am a pedophile than what if I hurt a kid and that I like these thoughts. -I’m not afraid to be around kids, if anything I enjoy it (not in a weird way) -My Ocd tells me pedophilia is fine when deep down I know it’s not -I started getting these thoughts a few months ago. -my brain like to find past events and change them and make me feel weird. -I don’t get as anxious by the thoughts anymore which make them more real. (Because I’m on medication) -sometimes I ask myself questions like “if pedophilia was legal would I choose to partake in it” and deep down I know I wouldn’t but my brain tells me yes and it scares me.

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Freemeofocd

Date posted: 4y

This is all common

noone800

Date posted: 4y

Thanks haha, I was just sharing my experience for others around me!

Freemeofocd

Date posted: 4y

Not to reassure you

Learning

Date posted: 4y

I think one thing to remember is that accepting uncertainty is not a 50/50 chance of something happening. It's more like a 99.99/.01 chance it won't happen. The black and white thinking our brains are so good at always distorts things and makes them seem scarier than they are. Still, accepting and learning to live with the uncertainty is important.

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