Is it normal to be scared of children?

There are some things I am frightened off and some of it is being scared of children, since having a very messed up dream I feel scared of children ( for those wondering I'm an adult ), even when one comes near me I cower. I know this'll sound very weird to other people but I want to know if my fears are normal.

Is It Normal?
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  • Until you have one of your own. I don't find babies 'cute'. For the most part I don't have time for kids. However I did always want a child of my own. Now I have a 5 month old daughter, I hate having to go to work. I come home so tired, yet I always have just that little bit of extra energy for her.

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  • What was the dream?

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    • I dreamt where I raped children and I then killed them. I'm sorry I didn't clarify.

      I feel horrified to look at them since that dream.

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      • That must have been incredibly disturbing.

        If it’s any consolation I’ve had graphic dreams of beating people I know to death when I have no intention of really doing so. Also when I was 14 I dreamed I had sex with a chubby little 11 year-old who looked 9, I kept seeing her pudgy childish face at school and being disgusted that my brain had mixed her and sex together. But I felt no actual attraction to her, I’m actually asexual. Our dreams are just crazy and sickening sometimes. Having a messed up dream does not mean you are a messed up person.

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        • I wouldnt go spouting personal stories/dreams like that unless you want to be put on a list somewhere.

          I'm probably on a list for "dangerous thinking" when it's just me asking questions and hypotheticals in chemistry. That's better than being put on a "potential pedo" list... if that even exists.

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          • Would 11 and 14 count as pedophillia? As I said in the comment I felt no attraction to the girl and was repulsed by the nightmare. It was just an example of how twisted up dreams can be.

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            • Let's just say I had a similar but worse, dream but I threw up after waking.

              It's just hard to comfort other people who have had those fucked up dreams too. I am relieved that other people had those dreams before.

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      • Yeah that's an understandable fucked up dream.

        At the end of the day it's still a dream. Hopefully the brain was just playing out the "pedophile" scenario just to simulate it. With that much repulsion towards the dream I dont think you need to worry about actually committing it.

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  • Given the fact that children as young as 10 have committed murder, I'd say perfectly normal and reasonable.

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  • Its not normal but I cant stand kids so I cant judge to much.

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