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After being exposed to inappropriate content at a young age, I found myself engaging in sexual roleplay with strangers in online games on platforms like Roblox and other games designed for children. I would overshare personal details and was constantly involved with inappropriate interactions with people I didn't know-- some who may have been predators, others who might have been children like me who didn't understand what was happening. I know this made it easier for me to be groomed later on, but I'm wondering if these early online experiences on their own made me a victim of something. I never communicated with these people outside the games, but I still feel violated by these interactions. Am I a victim of something, or am I incorrectly using that label? I keep getting mixed search results that don't align with my experience.
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Thank you for trusting us with this. It sounds like you've been carrying a lot of confusion about those early online experiences, and the feelings you're describing make complete sense given what you went through. When you were exposed to sexual content at such a young age and then found yourself engaging in sexual roleplay with strangers on children's platforms, you were in an incredibly vulnerable position. Children simply don't have the life experience to navigate those kinds of situations safely, and being introduced to explicit material b...

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After being exposed to inappropriate content at a young age, I found myself engaging in sexual roleplay with strangers in online games on platforms like Roblox and other games designed for children. I would overshare personal details and was constantly involved with inappropriate interactions with people I didn't know-- some who may have been predators, others who might have been children like me who didn't understand what was happening. I know this made it easier for me to be groomed later on, but I'm wondering if these early online experiences on their own made me a victim of something. I never communicated with these people outside the games, but I still feel violated by these interactions. Am I a victim of something, or am I incorrectly using that label? I keep getting mixed search results that don't align with my experience.
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Thank you for trusting us with this. It sounds like you've been carrying a lot of confusion about those early online experiences, and the feelings you're describing make complete sense given what you went through. When you were exposed to sexual content at such a young age and then found yourself engaging in sexual roleplay with strangers on children's platforms, you were in an incredibly vulnerable position. Children simply don't have the life experience to navigate those kinds of situations safely, and being introduced to explicit material b...

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