Hi
I have looked on this forum before, and wanted to hear your thoughts. I am a 20 yr old female, and am diagnosed with pure-obsessional OCD. For the past 2 years I have had the irrational fear of being a paedophile, with constant mental checking, obsessing over whether ive done something sexual with a child etc. which i know is common with OCD.
However, I have sudden moments of panic and dont know whether it's the OCD or if it's real. When I mentally 'check' my attractions, I picture a naked adult and get aroused. I know I'm attracted predominantly to adults. I am also bisexual and turned on by females for the record. I then try and picture a naked female child, which disgusts me, i feel awful just 'testing.' The thing is, I have often felt arousal when imagining a female child's genital area. I would be turned on by an adult females, but I also feel I would get turned on by a childs which horrifies me. Maybe it's due to the fact that they have smooth skin and the taboo 'innocence' of it. Because when I see a child as a whole, they dont arouse me.
I fear that this means I have mild paedophilic tendencies. But I dont know whether it's OCD or I should just ignore it. I have never felt the desire to have sex with child, nor have I fantasised about it. I love my boyfriend very much and have all these terrible fears thinking he would hate me if he knew I even had a vague attraction like that, so our relationship is a lie. Is this true? Am I sick?
Please help
Thank you