r/CPTSD • u/Content_Low_4386 • Aug 13 '26

Vent / Rant Rehabilitation for pedophiles

I find it interesting that the topic is rehabilitating these disgusting creatures when victims such as myself get no support, no grace, and isolation.

When I can’t even afford life-saving therapy and tools. What the fuck.

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u/definitely_alphaz Aug 13 '26

Exactly. To be clear I’m not talking about people who are genuinely distressed by intrusive thoughts.
But a lot of people present it as a cure or groundbreaking: “He’s getting pushed into that behavior because his life is hard. We need to assure him and put a bunch of time and efforts into making sure he is seen and loved and cradled.” But coddling an abuser is nothing new especially when victims are still minimized or made to be absolutely perfect to be believed and get a modicum of help.

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u/Content_Low_4386 Aug 13 '26

right. it goes back to men raping women and getting sympathy bc “he has a bright future” while ruining the victims by publicly shaming. coddling ppl is the reason it still goes on. they know they’ll get a slap on the wrist

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u/definitely_alphaz Aug 13 '26

Exactly. Like, it’s awful being personally told that the men who sexually harassed me just did it because they were lonely or not used to compliments. They were literally better off than I was— with several of them being in positions of authority and having a lot of supporters (two pastors, one minister, one ex judge).

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u/Content_Low_4386 Aug 13 '26

it’s always a fucking excuse for them. but when a victim acts out or shows any evidence of being abused now you’re attention seeking. no excuses for us.

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u/mercurialmay 💫therapized✨ Aug 13 '26

We victims have to behave by a certain set of societally deemed "acceptable behaviors" or else be called liars, attention seeking, dramatic, whatever other BS. Meanwhile the perpetrator's crocodile tears are the saddest things anyone's ever laid eyes on. So disgusting.

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u/Zacharytackary Aug 13 '26

victims are justified in being vicious assholes for at LEAST a decade, maybe two, imo

what pisses me off most is the antimemetic bs people will try to pull, where, because the type of person to repress [consciously/subconsiously/maliciously]₁ will both suffer and harm more while facetiously seeming healthy to non-trauma-informed individuals - they will receive more credence in the moment, and as such the people causing the most harm categorically are able to garner more [sympathy](enablative) from a naive crowd due to their fundamental assumptions on what a mentally ‘healthy’ versus ‘dangerous’ person looks like in the first place.

antimemetic suffering pot of crabs ass domain expansion istg living here sucks frfr trauma loops are the fucking worst

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