This might really triggering for some people, but it’s about pedophilic sexual intrusive thoughts Does anyone else sometimes feel so scared that might actually be a pedo because of what they are imagining about children involving children, like can intrusive thoughts include yourself in the thought hurting a child instead of just an inappropriate image of a child or something, I hope that makes sense I feel so tired and sick to my stomach that what my intrusive thoughts are imagining are real... idk what to do anymore

This is OCD. Your mind will give you scenarios and create stories to check if you are or you are not. That’s the only reason you are seeing these imaginations. You are trying to make sure you won’t get aroused or enjoy it. So your mind keeps replaying and looking for some possible problem. Accept these images. Say to yourself you might be. You might not be. You will continue to live your life with images and these unpleasant thoughts. When you accept this, the brain willl not need to scan and create scenarios

@Sasha Thank you for responding, I can handle most intrusive thoughts but it’s so hard to ignore the really disturbing ones with children, it can get really scary sometimes

I would've message you sooner I didn't see the notification It's like having internal "coprolalia" I don't know if this makes any sense but my cognitive creativity is a 2 out of 10 Sometimes it sparks up to 6 Sometimes I do end up imagining things like that I sometimes become really Irrational after it and I start to hurt myself I don't know if you're a boy or a girl but I sometimes get erections out of nowhere I could literally be crying my eyes out be absolutely depressed and I get an erection "I'll tell myself what the fuck is wrong with me" I have this habit of cracking my neck when I get a bad interest of thought Sometimes it's hard to being class (It's an adult school) I get really embarrassed I'm just sitting there trying to do my work and in my head I'm saying don't think about inappropriate things Sometimes the thoughts jump out at me so much that it I crack my To the point where hurts So I kind of got the habit of just putting my head down in class I sometimes get nervous that I might won't I might have a muscle spasm or something and accidentally hit the person sitting right next to me so I end up sitting on my hands So I'm sitting on my hands with my face to the desk just a normal human But really I don't want to hurt anybody I just want to be a good person

@Anonymous I get these intrusive thoughts every 15 seconds

@𝒜𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓎 You can download a click counter on your phone I've learned to write down some of the thoughts and save them for my therapist

@𝒜𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓎 Thx for responding, I never thought about how someone’s level of cognitive creativity could affect intrusive thoughts, I have a very vivid imagination so it makes sense why I’ve been experiencing these intrusive thoughts on steroids

@Anonymous If it's OK with me asking are you a boy or a girl

@𝒜𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓎 I am a girl

Less aggressive**