My introduction to the forum...

Hey everybody, new to the forum here and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a 23 year old guy who lives a pretty decent life... I travel, study, play music, speak two languages... From the outside looking in it could seem that I don't have much to complain about.

Well, apart from some mild to medium social anxiety and relationship issues, I'm also a non-exclusive pedophile. Mainly attracted to girls and boys from ages 5-11. I've often wondered to what extent my pedophilia is related to my difficulty building strong relationships with other people and just my general struggle to be happy on a day-to-day basis. In the past I've sometimes resorted to drugs and a partying lifestyle to cover up some of these feelings... That of course only works for so long...

I'm now at the point where I'm just trying to live healthy and do things that are good for me, with the faint hope that I might be able to one day get rid of my pedophilia completely. I realize that this may be impossible too. So I guess what I'm looking for here is just some friends and other people I can relate to, because having to deal with this type of sexual attraction alone can make you feel pretty isolated at times. Luckily, I'm not an exclusive pedophile so I'm still attracted to women my own age and older but I do feel that my pedophilia gets in the way of my relationships with women, probably because my attraction to children is much stronger.

Anyways, I'm open to talking to just about anybody, just don't be a perverted jackoff or asshole and I'll be your best friend. Hope to gain something positive out of this forum...

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Welcome to the forum. I'm not looking for friendship but hopefully you can find some support or insight here. Best of luck.

Thanks Mustelidae.