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I have the same exact thing. I used to want to be a teacher and have kids. Then I dropped out because of my fear that I would ever harm a child. It’s completely normal to feel nervous and uneasy. I even have false memories like what if I molested my friends brother while she was in the bathroom and I forgot about it? Or am I aroused when kids walk by. It’s honestly the worst obsession I have. The reason you feel so sick is because it doesn’t sit right with you. That’s a good thing. You are not a pedo, being scared by those thoughts are actually a very good sign you’re not. Just try to battle the thoughts and agree with them. When I have thoughts like did I molest a kid a forget, or am I aroused rn? Just say yeah screw it I am. Just say hell yeah, don’t give the ocd the power to ruin your life. It will get better❤️
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Okay :,), I’ll try. Thank you 🙏🏽 and I’m sorry you had to drop out 🥺❤️
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@kathernyr Its okay haha. I just couldn’t be in a job where I constantly had false memories and thoughts. At the point where I dropped out i was convinced I was a pedo. Its been almost 3 years since I was diagnosed. I promise it does get better. :)
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I’m kinda dealing with this right now I want to cry because I have two younger siblings and I had gotten one about my sister I had a panic attack and I feel like I can’t look at her anymore or give her hugs and stuff because of those thoughts. It makes me so sad because I try not to look at her or my other siblings. I feel so hopeless like I won’t be able to have kids and it just makes me sad I know I could never but I feel like I can’t be around them or my family because of my thoughts. I wanted to have kids and now I feel like I can’t. I’m kinda crying now it’s sucks so much because I love my family but this illness is kicking my ass
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@gabgirl2234 What do you do now?
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@BlueMountain I just cried a little bit reading this:,(Thank you I will try I’m just so scared and I have a lot of shame and guilt
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@BlueMountain Thank you!! You are such a kind person and I feel like you know what to say. I really appreciate your words🥺. I’ll definitely take them into consideration I’m just so emotional right now but I can’t cry because I’m at work lol. My life is just a complete mess. I never been this mentally unstable before and it’s so tiring
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@BlueMountain I wish I could be so strong and positive like you I’m really trying to get through the pain. How do you do it?
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@BlueMountain Yeah I think it’s so hard I feel like my life has been taken away from me and it’s so sad. I hope with therapy I could get to a point like you
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@BlueMountain What happens when you get an intrusive thought and it’s like your theme is trying to change? Like should I just sit with it and let it go?
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@BlueMountain If I don’t let it sit can the theme progress?
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@BlueMountain Okay I just freaked out and I’m kinda freaking out I’m letting the thought sit but I’m scared
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@BlueMountain Is there anyway I can message you privately?? I kinda want to talk to someone right now😅
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@BlueMountain Oh okay I respect that.
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@BlueMountain Thank you!
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@BlueMountain Yeah no thank you for your words. It’s really comforting. Wish you the best🥺
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But it feels like I’m in denial 😭🥲😣
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@BlueMountain ❤️🥲
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@BlueMountain It just feels like it bc what if I’m alone with a kid or something and want to turn around and look at them changing, like it’s just a scenario I keep thinking about in my head bc if it ever happens with a kid or my best friend I have to know if I would do that 😭 kinda like expecting the worst case scenario 🥲🥲 and at first it wasn’t coming in so invasive it was gradually getting to this and now it’s all the posts I’ve made 🥲😣
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@BlueMountain So it’s understandable right ?😭 bc that’s been my main concern for the last couple of days and what all those posts were about 😭 and I thought I was being vague about it bc I felt like I didn’t say everything so that made me feel bad like if I was hiding something
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@BlueMountain So basically I just need to surrender and let ocd have its thing then 😅😭
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@BlueMountain Yeah.. I shouldn’t seek too much reassurance 😅 if really sneaks up on you, and I’ll keep all those things in mind 😄 and take that into my own hands 😭
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Why are things so real the first time they’re in my mind and then when I think about it later it’s easier for me to be like wtf?? I was watching a movie earlier and the young girl had developed more in the chest area than the last movie and I felt the desire to check her out so I did. Then later I let myself imagine her having sex and I liked it. But now looking back I’m like ew. The boys in the movie have also developed as the movie went on and I couldn’t help but think that in their real life they’ve probably woken up to boners and s*men and stuff. And looking back it’s just ugh. Idk if it’s sexual relevance but I genuinely let myself indulge in these thoughts and groinal responses and I remember thinking to myself I don’t want to be attracted to little kids and how do I stop myself (everyone has attractive qualities so in younger boys I see man like qualities). Idk I need help. I wouldn’t type this out if I truly believe I was messed up but I’m still scared
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i've been very sad these days, i saw a child on TikTok and i had thoughts calling her hot, it seemed like i liked it and i was very anxious and very scared. i cried a lot, i kept replaying the video several times because it seemed like i was attracted to her and only when i was sure that I wasn't attracted to her i skip the video. but then i went to watch the videos of this kid again to see if i was really attracted or not again and i got nervous about being attracted to her "chest" and i kept looking to see if I was really attracted or not 😭 i wasn't, but one thought scared me a lot, which was "you were only attracted because it looked like an adult's chest." i was very nervous, i cried a lot because of this. I'm not attracted to children, I never have been, why does it seem like i am? i don't want to look at children anymore, im too nervous. i'm not attracted to her, all of this makes me sick and sad, it's all very uncomfortable and scary. but I've been questioning myself a lot about the last thought, i can't stop questioning myself. every time i see a child my brain asks if i'm attracted to them or if i think they're pretty. i can't stop crying (sorry for any mistakes I'm using a translator)
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I keep getting thoughts of this 6 year old kid n I don’t know what to do, they keep coming and they give me a sense of attraction, I don’t wanna be attracted to kids, it feels too real as well, I feel a need to check if I was attracted or not constantly, and it genuinely feels like attraction, please help me I don’t wanna be a pedo. Whenever I try to think abt something romantic or about someone my age I’m actually into, that kid keeps popping up.
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