/mental/ - Mental Health, Illnesses and Disorders

>>7203
Honestly it is something you should probably bring up. You don't have to tell him you fapped or anything, just that you were genuinely interested in it.

It's up to you though if you want to tell him, you can even tell him that you jacked it if you really wanted to. Maybe it could lead to something?

>>7204
He's pretty open-minded but I'm just afraid he'll do some crazy stuff like call the cops.

>>7205
You haven't done anything illegal, there's nothing to call the cops about. Though it's up to you, do you think he'd be the type of person to call the cops?

>>7206
I don't think he would. I'll just tell him. Hopefully it goes somewhere productive.

Im also really really really afraid of how my family/friends would react if they knew.

Unrelated Question: Is pedophilia a diagnosable mental ailment or is it just considered criminal/degenerate?

>>7207
At the moment there hasn't been much study done on pedophiles due to it being so taboo and there being such a limited amount of people willing to admit that they're into children.

Some tests have shown that there are similarities in the ways pedophiles think, and the structure of their brains, but again, limited testing. I guess you could sort of consider it a mental ailment, but something like that probably needs to be officially defined first. All of this is probably something you should talk to a professional about though, as my knowledge is fairly limited.

The general public mostly considers all pedophiles as degenerates, mostly due to the thought process of pedophile==rapes chilren. I've heard stories of peoples coming out to their friends and family and it mostly turning out ok, but it's something you have to decide. I'd not recommend telling anyone other then a professional about it though. I seriously doubt anyone will find out about it as long as you don't leave CP out in the open or get arrested for it, so just don't do that.

>>7207
I'm into 7-16 and I was also a victim of child abuse until I was 18. In addition to all of my problems (being a schizo, PTSD from the child abuse) I think my interest in 7-16 is because my mind has really not matured from being young and so my attractions never matured either.

>>7214
Have you talked with anyone about it? or told your friends or family yet? if so how'd the react?

>>7215
I haven't told anyone and I don't plan to. No one will understand it, so it's not worth telling anyone.

I could sit there and explain "the attraction is there but I would never do anything to someone who can't consent, that's just wrong" and they'd still go "the ATTRACTION IS THERE? YOU MONSTER!" You can't win that.

>>7216
Makes sense.
Stay strong Anon. Remember that other might judge you but just do what makes you happy.

>>7217
Yeah I don't let it get to me. I don't even really consider it a problem, just something I don't ever tell anyone about.

Have you ever looked at a real child though? I don't think I've done that for years. In that way. If I try to do it I feel icky and weird and no.

Hell, last time a child climbed on me and gave me a boner I freaked out. I froze and was like repeating in my brain "please god help" and thankfully its guardians took it off of me seeing how utterly uncomfortable it made me. And trust me, being uncomfortable is a very good anti-sex, so I'm pretty much fine.

>>7203

I'm on the same boat as you OP. Well, similar at least. At 13 I knew I was into children, and all before that I spent my life hating pedophiles with that "just kill them all before they do anything" mentality.

My parents started noticing weird shit going on with me when I was about 15 (I had a multitude of issues), so they sent me to a psychologist. I had a really solid discussion with my psychologist on the confidentiality agreements and what they will and will not report to the police, and I figured I could proceed.

I told her about my attractions, and even though she herself just had a child, she was very receptive. She was very interested actually in learning about me and wanted to know why I was so vastly different than what society deems the "typical pedophile". I mean, even when I thought of pedophiles in my 12 year old mind, I thought of 50+ year old men with bloodshot eyes in vans creeping on little boys at the local park.

Overall, I think you should talk to your therapist about it after you discuss how tight their confidentiality agreement is. As long as you have not or do not plan on abusing a child, they are 99.9% of the time fine with keeping your secrets.

Eh I'm a pedo too (although not exclusively) and I wouldn't tell my therapist if I had one. Your choice comrade.

>>7581
I too realized I was a pedo at like 13-14. I wasn't abused and the main reason for it (I assume) was that I still went to daycare after school when going through puberty and most of the children there were much younger than me. It could be just pure hedonism too but I do feel some emotional attraction too so it's hard to know for sure. I still think the daycare had something to do with it hedonism or not

>>7587
holy shit what

but yeah, until you're 18 you strictly speaking can't be a pedophile. you grow out of stuff.

>>7205

Don't mention anything about it.

In a lot of states, "law enforcement" are notified of things even if you haven't acted or done anything illegal.

Unless you want to be branded for life, I suggest you take your secret desires to the grave with you and don't tell a soul.

Also, stop participating or communicating in any discussion groups talking about this or related matters.

Do everything possible to stop feeding this desire of yours and replace is with other desires.

If you don't take this advice to heart, you'll be on the path of being branded a monster by society & govt.

This thread is interesting and with it, how can someone know if he/she is really a pedo or hebe?

>>8587
inb4 OP gets v&

>>8587
He was interested because he's trying to gauge if you're a potential child molester. He'll probably tell the popo. take caution.

So you're not a real, can't get of to anything else, pedophile. That's great, you don't want to be like that, and because you don't want to like that you shouldn't be going in that direction. It's like crack, liking it doesn't make you a junkie, but it can set you on the path to becoming one.

>>8626
>you're not a real pedophile!
Heh, I just imagined a child molester acting all offended while saying that. "I'm getting real fucking tired of all these casual wannabe pedos ruining our image. Do you even abduct children? Didn't think so."

>>8626
Becoming exclusively attracted to chikdren woukd be hella scary. Which is why I avoid real CP and things like it. Once you go exclusive I've been told there’s no going back

>>8633
I lawld

iirc having child porn legal actually brings down child abuse in places. Less likely to go out and rape a kid if you can get the good part with nobody getting hurt. Loads of people fap to 2D lolis/shotas and have zero attraction to real-life kids.

(I remember seeing a real life kid half-naked during summer that reminded me a lot of a kid I saw in a shota image set and just thought 'I wouldn't fuck this'.)

>>7208
Old post, but I'm sure part of the reason people don't want to look into is: if you can un-pedo a pedophile, can you un-gay a fag? People don't want to prove that's possible.

I think most of it just comes to forcing yourself to fap to certain things, learn to enjoy it, punish yourself for liking the thing you want to enjoy and general metaprogramming. Not saying OP should do that, just what I've read from ex-homos.

>>8642
That ex-gay shit doesn't even work though. Most of those guys relapse and people who've ran the camps have publicly apologized.

It seems to me there's no cure for pedophilia. Treatment mostly consists of making sure they never actually make the jump and start diddling kids. I'd agree that legalizing possession might help them sate their urges or at the very least decriminalizing animated child porn since no one is being hurt.

OP doesn't sound like a pedo to me since it's just a passing side interest and not a primary sexual preference which is the definition. Your recent concerns about it might just be related to anxiety. I'm pretty ignorant of bipolar though.

>>8618
In some places they are legally required to report pedophiles even if they don't feel that they are potentially going to rape someone.

isn't pedophilia just a sexual orientation or that?
Also >>8593