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7/11/2025, 2:16:35 AM
>>936931395
Yeah, I haven't been officially diagnosed, so it's just a hunch. That said, I've had years to mull it over, and I've come to the conclusion that I find little girls more sexually attractive than adult women.
>>936931699
>pedophilia is not attained, and you are either born with it or not. The research on that matter has been settled for quite some time.
I don't doubt there's a predetermined aspect to it (birth order, prenatal androgen exposure, genes affecting brain structure), but I'm sure developmental factors play a significant role in making someone a pedophile. Stuff like trauma and sexual abuse as a child (which I've thankfully never faced), but also low testosterone during puberty. Neuroplasticity being high during adolescence might also play a part, but I couldn't tell you the specifics of how. I've only read a couple of papers on pedophilia, but from what I recall, it's an underdeveloped field of study (although that might only apply to psychology and the social sciences).
>...could be simply POCD
For a while, I did think it was pOCD, given I believed I had OCD or ADHD as a teen (more confident in the former diagnosis). It's not unlikely, given my older brother is diagnosed with ADHD, which is familial and decently comorbid with OCD. I'm past that speculative stage now, though, and I've concluded that I'm almost certainly a pedophile. As curious as I am to know for sure, I don't need to see a professional. I don't have issues restraining my desire, and any semblance of guilt or self-prosecution I had as a result of my pedophilic thoughts disappeared once I began to accept that I was a pedophile. Nowadays, it feels no more unnatural than my attraction to adult women, despite how reviled it is. The most it culminates in during day-to-day life is staring a bit too hard at little girls in public, but I'm content with admiring, and I've never had any violent urges. I have the empathy, self-control, and common sense not to manipulate or abuse children.
Yeah, I haven't been officially diagnosed, so it's just a hunch. That said, I've had years to mull it over, and I've come to the conclusion that I find little girls more sexually attractive than adult women.
>>936931699
>pedophilia is not attained, and you are either born with it or not. The research on that matter has been settled for quite some time.
I don't doubt there's a predetermined aspect to it (birth order, prenatal androgen exposure, genes affecting brain structure), but I'm sure developmental factors play a significant role in making someone a pedophile. Stuff like trauma and sexual abuse as a child (which I've thankfully never faced), but also low testosterone during puberty. Neuroplasticity being high during adolescence might also play a part, but I couldn't tell you the specifics of how. I've only read a couple of papers on pedophilia, but from what I recall, it's an underdeveloped field of study (although that might only apply to psychology and the social sciences).
>...could be simply POCD
For a while, I did think it was pOCD, given I believed I had OCD or ADHD as a teen (more confident in the former diagnosis). It's not unlikely, given my older brother is diagnosed with ADHD, which is familial and decently comorbid with OCD. I'm past that speculative stage now, though, and I've concluded that I'm almost certainly a pedophile. As curious as I am to know for sure, I don't need to see a professional. I don't have issues restraining my desire, and any semblance of guilt or self-prosecution I had as a result of my pedophilic thoughts disappeared once I began to accept that I was a pedophile. Nowadays, it feels no more unnatural than my attraction to adult women, despite how reviled it is. The most it culminates in during day-to-day life is staring a bit too hard at little girls in public, but I'm content with admiring, and I've never had any violent urges. I have the empathy, self-control, and common sense not to manipulate or abuse children.
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