i am a 15 year old guy and i think i may be a phedophile.

I tend to stare at boys who are of the ages 12-18. sometimes younger

I think though that i just want to be hugged and loved. My parents were killed so i never have had any attention and i have never felt love.

Could it be that i just see myself in these younger boys because they are happy and such. Could it be that i just want there life?

Let me know if you need more info.

I have never acted on anything.

I also do not have much friends because of my shyness so i am lonely alot.

Can it just be a phase?

TheDawg4114M4

Is it possible to think you are gay and then start to do gay things, and start to have a gay train of thought and still be straight? I dont want to be gay, and i know gay people and im nothing like them. The reason i think im gay is because im not turned on by girls like my friends are. This all started along time ago and i am just really confused. Since i wasnt into girls like my friends were, they always think about having sex with girls and i never did, and i never have been in love with a girl and i have never felt anything for one. It was the same for boys too though, i never felt any affection towards any until i started to think i was gay and i think in a way i manipulated myself into think i was gay when i wasnt. Is that possible? I hope so

templelane

Try not to pigeon hole yourself especially young. There will be enough people in the world who will feel the need to label you so don't do it to yourself.

Keep an open mind and remember you will change so much in the next five years. Fifteen is a stupid age! You begin to realise and notice things about yourself and others but you don't always have the tools at hand to understand and interprete what you do notice.

I cringe thinking about the stuff I thought at that age. I'm pretty sure my thirty year old self will want to hit my current self around the head so don't think i'm preaching.

Just be nice to yourself, explore feelings but be careful. You may be gay, you might not be but it doesn't really matter either way. As long as you are true to what makes you happy and try not to hurt yourself or others along the way.

BrightATjsp

I have the same problem.