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It’s not bothering me
I was reading Reddit about people finding out there a late bloomer and I relate to all of it and the worse part is it’s not bothering me
I was reading Reddit about people finding out there a late bloomer and I relate to all of it and the worse part is it’s not bothering me
Trust me don't worry. You don't want the anxiety to paralyze you. Behave your way out of it. Then anxiety reduction in many ways is a healing because that means goodbye to those intrusive thoughts too. And plus you are used to it by now. Roll around in grass meet your friends. Having friends helps you be so mindful, which you might miss when you are on your own. be with your family be with those people who pull you to the present really and when you are alone, you should watch movies, and read books or do your thing and allow yourself to be absorbed In it without any fear or anxiety over not being anxious enough. The anxiety is the inertia of your ocd. Once it's lost, ocd, the thoughts will recede. I have tried to be as non- reassuring as possible. Let the doubt stay and leave on it's own. Imagine you are good academic student and you score really high but you don't know if the answer to that one question you wrote is right or wrong. What can you do? You are not getting the sheets back unless the prof sits down to grade them. You will wait and eventually forget about it. After some days it won't matter AT ALL. My ocd filled brain could not have written this yesterday. But today with a dose of reality I am back to being clear touchwood. I hope the same happens for you. Imagine yourself disabling the ocd from your head.
Isn't this a good thing?
@Someone99 I mean yeah but it feels like it’s the real me and I want it/like it
@Beachgirl2024 You mean the attraction to same sex?
@Someone99 Yes
@Beachgirl2024 Themes connected with sexual attraction responses seem to be more complicated but can be dealt with the same way as others. I struggle with this as well. But it's the response that gives the anxiety and keeps us spiralling. "I can't be gay, life will be over if I'm gay..." and so on. It's shaking you at your core so we research... How badly is this affecting your normal day to day life?
@Someone99 24/7 all day everyday and then it goes away for a few weeks and then come back out of nowhere
@Beachgirl2024 Are you currently in a relationship, boyfriend, husband?
@Someone99 No
@Beachgirl2024 What if you are a lesbian? (part of my ERP therapy was to write out worse case scenarios, the "what if")
@Someone99 I don’t have a problem with it I just don’t want it to be me
@Beachgirl2024 So you can say it's against your core values?
@Beachgirl2024 For your life, of course.
@Someone99 Yes but every since I’ve been having these thoughts it feels like it’s changing my values
@Beachgirl2024 The challenge is, to not research, investigate, and especially "test" this. These are compulsions and will make it worse. That very well may be the cycle you're in. This is something we need to apply tools to respond differently at the thought level.
@Beachgirl2024 And most importantly, build positives in to our lives, healthy positives.
@Beachgirl2024 Another thing to consider, are people born gay? That's not a fact, many claim it is, but it's not. A liar isn't a liar unless he tells a lie. So, it's not our thoughts, it's our actions that define us.
So I just read a Reddit post about how this guy found out that he was a pedo because of how he started feeling that he was still attracted to middle schoolers as a 14 year old in high school and it never changed even when he got into adulthood. I’m currently under the age of 16 and I’m worried of my attraction feelings I felt towards some kids I’ve seen on social media and real life, I’m not sure if they are false or not. I have gotten a diagnosis, I remember lying on 2 questions, saying I didn’t feel aroused and that i don’t enjoy the thoughts n feelings. I’m not sure if i enjoy the thoughts and feelings, and now im worried i about it, i dont feel worry dread panic or shame and disgust when I get those thoughts and feelings anymore. I also remember that when i was 14 I felt attracted to a 12 or 11 year old, i kept going back to look at her idk why, but i think that i was worried because I didn’t want to be attracted to younger aged ppl. Im worried that all of these feelings of attraction aren’t false and that they are a reflection of who i am. I do not wish to be a pedo, nor do I wish to like kids. I know that I won’t hurt kids, but I’m scared that I am a pedo because of the feelings I get. I don’t understand myself anymore, I hope it’s pocd not actual pedophilia, I don’t trust that diagnosis I got because of those 2 questions I lied on, I said that i don’t like those thoughts n feelings even though I don’t know if I really do or not, can someone please help me? Idk what I have anymore, I don’t want it to be pedophilia
I made posts worrying about age gaps, and I continue to worry. But I'm thinking about just looking at what I believe and what I currently think is moral, and saying whatever to what anyone else says and thinks. About me or others. I think at 18 someone is an adult, and I don't care about age gaps past that. If you're 18+, it's whatever who you date and it's not wrong to be attracted/have sex with someone much younger as long as they are 18+. I worry my thinking is wrong especially because of how many people are against this mindset, but I can't find myself agreeing with them and when I look this up online many opinions vary on what age gaps are okay and what age you become an adult. So, I'm thinking about just saying screw it and not caring about it for myself and other people. If I'm 30 and am sexually/romantically attracted to an 18-year-old, whatever. If someone is 20 and dating a 50-year-old, whatever. Not wrong and not bad.
I thought I’d gotten better about reading articles and posts about most men being attracted to children. It upsets me and that’s fine but what i can’t do is relentlessly research it. I know there’s no cure and that it’s normal even if it’s not moral. But for that reason my mind latches on to it and i want to know WHY WHY WHY, or what if this person is, or what if my favorite YouTuber is. Statistically the answer is probably yes, most of them i assume are probably attracted to kids. And that’s where my ocd stems bc them k go in the loop about why and who. There’s no one answer and no correct number out there. It’s a hard fact to accept and i thought i was over this but now im upset over it again and my stomach is sick. I’m not sure how to overcome this.
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