POCD - NSFW Art of Cartoon/Anime Characters

Hello everyone,

I live in England, the UK. I have OCD, depression, anxiety issues and autism. I am currently under a community mental health team in my local area. I'm not sure if this forum is a UK-based one or worldwide. But anyways, I need to tell someone as I can't tell anyone else about this until I get the proper help and support. I have told my psycholgist, but he's not always on stand by and only works on weekdays.

I like cartoons and anime (basically they are the same thing. Anime is just a term for Japanese cartoons). I've always been into cartoons and animated things since I was a child. I enjoy participating in fandoms and reblogging/retweeting art and sometimes even posting my own art.

I also have my own internet account where I saved images of NSFW art of cartoon/anime characters. I don't post other peoples' art on there and I don't post my art on there as I don't draw NSFW art. I don't want to write forever and ever, I'll cut straight to the chase. Some of these cartoon/anime characters are underage in the cartoon or anime. However, the NSFW art of them is them aged up to 18+. For example, Sonic the Hedgehog characters, Amy Rose the hedgehog is 12-years old in the games and in the cartoons/anime (I think). However a lot of people draw cartoon porn of her, but she's been aged up and doesn't look like a child. She looks like an adult.

I saw a TikTok yesterday about how this man in the USA got arrested for having child porn and animated child porn on his device(s). As I said earlier I do save the NSFW/porn art on my internet account of cartoon/anime characters. I read online yesterday that apparently cartoon and manga images are illegal in England and Wales. I'm not sure about other parts of the UK. This has really spiked my OCD and I feel like I am a pedo and a sex offender. I feel like this isn't my OCD and instead it's me being a sex offender. I'm so scared that it means I'm a criminal and that I've broken the law! I don't download images of NSFW art.

One part of me says it's just my OCD and that these cartoon/anime characters don't even look human. So I don't think any laws have been broken. But the other part of me says that it's in the law that manga and cartoon porn images are illegal.

I'm not attracted to these characters and am only attracted to real people who are 21+. I'd never hurt anyone.

I don't know what to do because I feel like I am a sex offender now. I've been trying to contact my psycholgist, but he's not replying to me.

Well, what the law says, and what you really are, can be two quite different things. If the content is dodgy from your country's point of view, then ditch the content and stop worrying, is my advice. I personally don't think that stuff is anything other than fantasy, and you said it all with

RainbowDrop wrote:I'm not attracted to these characters and am only attracted to real people who are 21+. I'd never hurt anyone.

That's good enough for me, it needs to be good enough for you.