News of Paraphilias Forum

I've seen a psychologist once, and now have an appointment with a psychiatrist in a few weeks.

I'm strongly considering canceling my appointment. The more I read about personality disorders and paraphilia, the less treatable it seems like they are.

Pros:
- Official diagnosis confirms I'm not just imagining my condition
- Maybe therapeutic success is possible and actually a good thing
- It would be good to share what's on my mind

Cons:
- ...

here is the thing that got me into this forum.. I am in my mid 20's. I have had thoughts about finding young girls and wanting to do something about it, but never could find time or place. The opportunity never showed up. When i see young girls places i look and no i don't get erections, but i get interested. I am scared to be caught and put in jail what not. I am ...

I have posted about my issue already and to those that responded... thank you. :) but now I have a question... do people with POCD/OCD, like all of us on here, is it normal for us to have natural reactions to seeing some children? I hate asking that, but I wonder if getting a reaction/arousal is kind of natural for us... like maybe we've trained our minds ...

there seems to be a gross lack of objectivity re: discussion of inter-generational sex.... I find that almost all of the arguments made against 'pedophilia', are invalid.
i'm more-so aiming at consensual activities in the 10+ age range. below that, it can get problematic. but not necessarily! also, i dont condone prepubescent intercourse due to the real physical risks.

I will preface by saying, you should not hate yourself. You are not an abomination, and ...

Hi, new member. I've been lurking for a long time, but never bothered to post my story, but I'm at a point where I really feel like there is little hope.

I'm worried that I may be a pedophile and that's the last thing in the world I'd want to be. But for some reason, I get extremely distressed every time I see a young boy (usually ages 6 through 12). It's not so much ...

We are all familiar with the quite common sexual fantasy amongst men where they wish their wives/girlfriends to have sex with other men. But I never realised that this fantasy can exist with the sexes reversed. My wife has dropped hints for many years and now she has more or less told me that this is what she would like me to do.

I am curious as to what must be going through her mind. ...

I have a problem. Someone i don`t know is interested in me and i am interested in him to.
Now that doesn`t really sound like a problem and it probably shouldn`t be one either.
The story is a bit absurd.
He likes horses and i am just a little pony :oops:

No, not really but sort of.
He met me on the internet under an alias and ...

Edited by admin. Reason: you are not trained in the psychological sciences and cannot therefore make a post of this nature and be expected to be taken seriously

I'm new here, I found this board when I was desperate and wanted answers. Now I feel ready to get some stuff off my chest and to try to move on.

I'm a man, I've just turned 21, I'm bisexual, from the UK and I've never told anyone I have feelings for men. That's probably what makes it so difficult for me to deal with having an attraction to teenage boys as well. Since I ...

Most people here have some kind of fetish. Many of us go searching for porn for our fetish (or for something representative of our fetish, for the less legal ones), so we're at least indulging ourselves to an extent.

That's where the similarities seem to end. It seems like some people orgasm and are left with guilt and shame. Others feel no guilt, but hide their urges because they're socially unacceptable. Others hold back because ...