Hayley Caronia

These weren't the thoughts that I was experiencing before.

She was starting her quote.

I was starting to have thoughts that I was a pedophile, that I was a rapist, that I was a predator and that I could harm someone else.

And she said that these intrusive thoughts were so bad she was feeling like she was a danger to other people, her friends and her family.

And according to the Mayo Clinic, obsessive compulsive disorder features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears that lead you to do repetitive behaviors or compulsions.

And pedophile-themed OCD, they call POCD, is instead of repeating physical actions, people experience ruminating thoughts or the continual overthinking of a particular subject, event, or emotion.

So people with POCD will experience these excessive worries or intrusive thoughts about being sexually attracted to or sexually violating children.

And this woman was formally diagnosed with this in August of 2025.

And she says this, it's not being a pedophile.

It's that these thoughts exist in your brain.

They latch onto them.

OCD is all about uncertainty.

It tells you what if, and you can't prove it wrong.

So my initial reaction to this is thankfully this woman sought out help, right?

She realized that she was having these thoughts and before she acted on them, she got help.

And I don't know if she's on medication or if this is something that you can cure.

I've said before in this show earlier that I don't think that pedophilia is something that you can be rehabilitated from.

I think that this is something that's very sick.

And I mean, maybe you can, but I wouldn't trust pedophiles to not reoffend because statistically they do.

And I do recognize that OCD isn't just about being hyper organized or like turning the lights on and off three times before you leave the house.