How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
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harrydubois666
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How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
Do you think it’s helped you to have people who share your interests to talk to socialize with? I’ve been on lifeline.chat and mapsupport.de, and on the one hand, I’m glad I can share my worries and anxieties, but on the other hand,I feel like I end up focusing too much on it. I wish I could just accept myself and find peace
25M non-exclusive and bisexual, also autistic.
AoA for girls 9-15
AoA for boys 9-15
AoA for girls 9-15
AoA for boys 9-15
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CantChainTheSpirit
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Re: How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
It has been life saving for me.
When I was younger I really struggled with my sexuality, by the time I was in my 20s I struggling to come to terms with what I was. But being in forums, talking to others gradually got me to understand my sexuality and as I met more and more really nice maps I got to realise that maps are the salt of the earth, good people, normal people, kind and fun people. That allows me to accept that I could be that as well and the monster people paint maps as.
Today I'm very happy to be a map and that was all thanks for forums like this.
When I was younger I really struggled with my sexuality, by the time I was in my 20s I struggling to come to terms with what I was. But being in forums, talking to others gradually got me to understand my sexuality and as I met more and more really nice maps I got to realise that maps are the salt of the earth, good people, normal people, kind and fun people. That allows me to accept that I could be that as well and the monster people paint maps as.
Today I'm very happy to be a map and that was all thanks for forums like this.
Keep every stone they throw at you. You've got castles to build.
“Hope is not something you find; it’s something you create.” – Cassian Andor
“Our fight is for those who came before us, and for those still to come.” – Mon Mothma
“Hope is not something you find; it’s something you create.” – Cassian Andor
“Our fight is for those who came before us, and for those still to come.” – Mon Mothma
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harrydubois666
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Re: How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
I'm glad to hear that, I'm new in all this and I hope some day I'll find peace. Can I ask you about your attractions?CantChainTheSpirit wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 9:30 pm It has been life saving for me.
When I was younger I really struggled with my sexuality, by the time I was in my 20s I struggling to come to terms with what I was. But being in forums, talking to others gradually got me to understand my sexuality and as I met more and more really nice maps I got to realise that maps are the salt of the earth, good people, normal people, kind and fun people. That allows me to accept that I could be that as well and the monster people paint maps as.
Today I'm very happy to be a map and that was all thanks for forums like this.
25M non-exclusive and bisexual, also autistic.
AoA for girls 9-15
AoA for boys 9-15
AoA for girls 9-15
AoA for boys 9-15
Re: How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
I'd have to say it has help with the self-hate I carried for years. I believed the media lies, all pedos are evil and (if given the chance) would abuse kids. I was well aware of my attractions early in life and felt I was doomed. Since coming to spaces like this, I realized we are not some evil figure lurking in the shadows. That we can have these attractions and still not abuse kids. Now, I still don't like having the attractions but I have accepted it's a part of me and I shouldn't hate myself.
Heterosexual male | 40s | Married with kids | CSA survivor | AoA all genders 0 - 8 (primarily 0 - 3)
Re: How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
It helped me with the feeling of isolation. Knowing that I'm not alone. That there are other MAPs like me. Even if it's just online.
Male.
AoA: Girls 5-12 years
Just the smile in your eyes, it can light up the night.
And your laughter's like wind in my sails.
AoA: Girls 5-12 years
Just the smile in your eyes, it can light up the night.
And your laughter's like wind in my sails.
Re: How has getting into the MAP comunity helped you?
It has made me realize to show no remorse to "CSA victims".
I support AAMs and MAPs. Personally I am a romantic GL but I support loving relationships between people from infants all the way up to the elderly.
