Hi everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this, but thought I'd give it a go.
Firstly, I THINK I have some sort of OCD. It revolves around me looking for things to feel guilty and weird about. Then I beat myself up over it for forever.
It all started last year when I remembered that when I was perhaps 14 or so, I used to search for pornographic material of girls my age. I got absolutely convinced that I had some sort of pedophilic tendency back then and that I had seen videos of girls much younger. But looking back now, I came across a handful of videos, and didn't exactly 'get off' on any of them. Perhaps viewed them out of curiosity? I don't know.
Anyway, after remembering this, I started getting obsessed as to whether I had a problem with who I am attracted to. I'm 20 by the way. I have always found girls of perhaps 13/14/15 attractive. I wouldn't be with one, as I am much older and obviously that is not right. But I think it is normal for people my age to find them attractive. I was never worried, and always thought I was attracted to the same as all my mates. Even the other day, my mate commented on a girl who was actually 13 in a film..
But, I then started checking as to whether I am attracted to younger girls.. prepubescents.
Now, I want to make it clear that prior to this, I never looked at prepubescent girls. Never.
But as my obsession with checking for an attraction has grown, I feel as though I have developed some sort of attraction..
I really can't explain how I feel. I see a girl, say perhaps 8 years old. I instantly start checking for an attraction, and my anxiety goes through the roof. Let me be clear that I certainly don't want to have this attraction.. Basically I was wondering whether its possible for me to actually develop the attraction?
When I masturbate (all lads my age do it..lets be mature) often I get thoughts telling me to masturbate over a younger girl, but I fight that thought and wont let myself do it. Even if I am attracted, I don't want to even think about it.
The thing is, I feel like a messed up guy. I started masturbating really young. Perhaps 9 or 10 years old. I remember getting access to porn when I was perhaps 11 and when I was like 12 I remember watching a whole host of weird things. I.e Women with dogs/horses. Plainly, this disgusts me now (Even though my mind is trying to convince me that it doesn't!) Which is simply because I just don't care about it.. I have no opinion on it. I'm not squeemish so it doesn't make me feel ill, but I don't get off on it..Just no opinion. I've always had a wide range of strange fantasies. Like me watching girls I know have sex with older men and stuff.. I seem to get off the idea of a girl being really 'dirty'.
My fantasies now are well in order. I masturbate to normal porn, as and when. But its the guilt from the past that is killing me and the fear that I may actually be attracted to kids. I was at a wedding, and my cousin has a 2 year old daughter, and I couldn't describe how I felt. I wasn't attracted, but the kid just looked.. different. I just thought that it was an attraction.. it made me sick to my stomach, but what could I do?
Does this sound like OCD to you? Or does it sound like a genuine case of me turning into a pedophile? I know I suffer from some sort of OCD, but I honestly feel as though I am just in denial. I just cant understand how I can have formed this attraction in lets say 6 month..