i struggle with pedophilic thoughts
im very sorry if what im about to write is hard to understand or unclear in any way
for context, i am 16 years old and a few months ago me and my friends had this extremely edgy humour where we’d basically joke about horrible topics like child sexual abuse, rape etc. (to clarify i am absolutely not proud of what i found funny and i have since moved on as a person)
when we were rightfully called out on it, everyone denied it and blamed it on me, while also accusing me of being a pedophile and having CP on my phone (i think this claim was to ensure id have absolutely no credibility or ability to come back from the allegations as there was 0 proof for or against it)
because of this, i lost all of my friends and just stopped going to school and i didnt even bother trying to defend myself from such heinous allegations. i basically stayed in bed all day and felt overwhelming guilt and shock
since then, although i have absolutely no sexual attraction to children and the thought of it makes me physically nauseous, my mind always jumps to disgusting thoughts about them and relating to what i was accused of. it’s literally like i have no control over my mind and i have to live with it every day and i dont know what to do
as a result i often struggle with harmful thoughts and i cant help but wonder if its all a result of the trauma of being accused of those things but at the same time idk
what do i do?