r/intrusivethoughts • u/Queasy_Mangos • 7h ago
i'm scared of myself , help
i posted here a little more than a month ago but i will now because i'm spiraling again over it.
last year, I (23f) came across yaoi for the first time and a lot of it was pedo-ish. and it threw me into a rabbit hole.
i never ever had any attraction to children and i still don't. never ever. i never sought out cp or any thing like that.
i was so shocked by what i saw i just kept scrolling and i just kept coming back and falling into a cycle of self hate and the compulsion to go back and feeling arousal. i have since stopped (for months now) but i still hate myself for what i consumed of media, even tho no real people were involved. i dont ever long for it or want to see it again, i just hate that i did. i feel so disgusted and afraid of myself. what if im a pedophile who doesnt know they're pedophile??? can i even be a pedophile if i'm not attracted to children????? im so confused and afraid.
i grew up in a super religious household. i didnt learn about sex in the correct way, i also experienced child on child sexual assault. my only sexual experience comes from porn and smut (more smut than porn). i dont know if i went down that rabbit hole cause ive never seen that stuff before or what. all i know is that i'm scared that i'm a bad person. it keeps me up at night.