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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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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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I was just out a few minutes ago and I saw this 9 year old kid, I felt what I hope is false attraction, idk if it was or not, I don’t understand what I felt, but I felt a need to look away but also a need to look to check if I was attracted or not, when I looked it genuinely felt like I was attracted, idk what’s happening but I don’t wanna be attracted to a kid, I’m convinced I’m a pedo bc of the amount of times something like this happened, I don’t know what this means, but I’m worried it’s not pocd, I’ve never gotten a diagnosis, but many ppl online said I did and I should see a therapist, i don’t know if I liked the feeling or not, but it made me have a feeling in my chest, similar to attraction, I’ve been trying to pursue a relationship with a girl my age, but this just feels so real, I don’t know if it was false attraction or not, It felt so genuine, now that I left, the feeling kind of dissapeared, but it felt like I was genuinely attracted to that, I can’t be attracted to that, I don’t want to be attracted to that, I think I’m just a pedo in denial, I feel like I’m writing all of this to try to convince myself I’m not a pedo even though I am, this feeling only happens sometimes when I see a female kid, Idk if it means something or not, but I don’t think it’s pocd, it feels too real for me, it feels like I’m actually liking kids, I really hope it’s false attraction. I don’t wanna be a pedo, I wanna be able to have a relationship with a girl my age. I don’t understand what’s happening, please help me. I can’t tell if this is pedophilia or ocd anymore. Edit: main thing is the feelings not the thoughts because it feels like genuine attraction, I also get urges to not look but to look at the same time, for me it’s mainly the feelings, they feel so real when I think abt it now I’m still getting those feelings, I’m so convinced that I’m actually attracted. It felt like real enjoyment, so I’m worried that I am a pedo bc of those feelings, I feel like I’m not able to pursue a relationship with someone my age. But this can’t have been ocd it feels to genuine, it felt like actual enjoyment.
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I keep wondering if I’m attracted to this kid I saw a week ago or not, it keeps happening, I can’t figure it out, what I hope is false attraction is feeling too real, I don’t wan to like the kid, I never wish to like kids, I genuinely feel like I’m just in doubt, I can’t figure it out, it feels weird, I don’t feel any guilt, shame, disgust, or panic, idk why but ik that I’m supposed to feel that, it makes me feel like I’m a real p. I barley get any negative emotion from those thoughts anymore, even when these thoughts started I didn’t feel shame or guilt, but I think I did feel worry and panic, I’m not sure anymore, I don’t remember.
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