I’m second guessing therapy.
I know literally everyone here told me to get it, but I was sitting and thinking. I remember someone earlier in this thread suggested they think I might have something called “POCD”, they explained it as “When someone is overly worried they might be a pedo”. It sounded accurate to me (My obsessive worries that something I did is considered pedo when it turns out it actually isn’t), but I searched it up in the handy dandy Kiwifarms search function and I saw that it’s actually a fake diagnosis and pedo dog whistle similar to MAP.
So, ya, the last thing I want is to ever be diagnosed with that. Even if it is real, I just don’t want the word “pedophile” on my record, no matter the context. I’m thinking maybe I can go to therapy but just not tell her about my anxieties surrounding that.
Either way, I think it’s getting worse. I remember I was at McDonalds the other day and this kid climbed up on her seat to stare at me. I chuckled and smiled cause I remembered I’d do the same exact thing when I was a kid, but I immediately felt bad. It’s not ok to smile at other people’s kids without their permission, it’s creepy, right? I dunno, I’m still kinda thinking back to it and I still feel bad. I’m a stranger, I shouldn’t be interacting with them in anyway, I should just be ignoring them.