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Iām talking to this girl and I really like her but my ocd is telling me she is lying about her age (18)
Iām talking to this girl and I really like her but my ocd is telling me she is lying about her age (18)
That sucksš im assuming youāve asked her yourself? How did you met? are you going to college? (You donāt have to answer this im asking because if youāre both going to college then you both should be around college age and nothing to worry about)
@ughhhh Nah we both are taking gap years. We met over the phone. and I did ask myself she said she graduated high school and said she is 18
@notrich I see, im assuming your around the same age and this is like a long distance thing. I say trust her but also be cautious like any internet interaction should be. If youāve known each other for awhile maybe send selfies! Exchange social media if you trust each other enough to maybe calm yourself. Ik ocd goes after things/ppl we care about so i think this might be one of those situations.
If someone seems borderline legal age I feel it is good to go a extra step or two to make sure they are legal age to avoid any possible misunderstandings.
Do you know any of her friends? I met my partner on Discord (can you believe it!) and my OCD went full HAYWIRE. OCD had me convinced he was a killer, a kidnapper, a serial cheater, a catfish, you name it! What did help me fight these fears, however, was knowing his friends who could verify for his identity. Turns out he was just as lovely and amazing as the man I met online! āŗļø
I turn 17 in two days and Iāve been in a panic that Iāll still have attraction to 14 year olds, because I actually do not know if I do or not, I just canāt tell. I donāt know how Iām gonna tell. idk if I will or not, and itās all super confusing to what I really want, itās like ādo you like 14 year olds at that age??ā And I say no? But it feel like Iām also lying, and that I actually do? idk what to do? My brain keeps justifying it to be fine cuz itās only three years but I really donāt like that, so Iām worrying that I will feel attracted
Hi, Iām new here!! Iām praying I donāt get judged for this. But, back in late May of 2022 ( literally right before I graduated high school), I added this one random girl from my school on Snapchat. She posted something about a graduation party , so I swiped up on her story basically saying how I canāt believe weāre almost graduated. She replied and we had a really short and simple conversation. The next day ( i believe) , we started talking a lot , and I just so happened to see her at the highschool when we were grabbing our graduation outfits and doing the rehearsal. When I saw her irl, I kinda got turned off ( I heard she was kinda crazy) , and on top of that , she was a little ugly irl. I remember seeing her Snapchat bio , and she was close friends with my female cousin ( a year younger than me) , who I happened to experiment sexually with when I was 10-11 years old. I remember going to work later that day and having sort of a lightbulb flick thought ( it wasnāt a good thought though) , what if my cousin told her about what happened when we were younger? So I started to kind of panic and immediately distanced myself from that girl. I also experimented sexually with one of my female friends when I was 10-11 , and from that day onwards, Iāve been pretty much living in paranoia and a little bit of guilt about someone finding out and my life being ruined . On top of that, Itās gotten worse to now sometimes I wonder if a girl I added off of quick add ( Snapchat) is underage even if they told me they were 18+ or had 18 and above in their bio, and I get so much guilt and anxiety about that. I even had a quick thought last February on what if I did something inappropriate with my younger cousin when I was 15-16 but I just canāt exactly remember when it happened , and it still eats me alive when I think about it, because I donāt know if it happened or not. Iām sorry for the long vent, I just wish I felt normal again. No matter how much I try to do things that old me used to do, life always feels ā offā. I always kept the top part about when I was younger a secret up until early (ish ) 2024, then I vented to one of my best friends and he told me that thatās a normal thing to do at a young age. Since then, I have told multiple friends and they all say they did similar stuff, but my brain just canāt accept that. Please help me, I quite literally overthink everything nowadays. 2021 was the last full year that I felt normal ( coincidentally, the best year of my life so far) . Itās not just about sexual related things either, sometimes Iāll wonder if I messed up something at work or hit a car while driving/hit someone and drove off. I just wanna live my life how I was supposed to live it after highschool ( carefree and happy) before whatever it is ( I think itās ocd) hit me unexpectedly. Thanks to anyone who read this , I just needed to pour it out regardless of how negative I felt typing this, I hope someone can relate , because I feel so alone in my head at times.
These thought make me doubt my self so much it makes me think that the thoughts are real and itās not my ocd I just want to be my old self I didnāt think about anything I canāt looks at the same gender because then my brain tells me I like them. But I just donāt want to lose my girlfriend I love her so much sheās the one who cures my ocd when am with her I donāt think about anything
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