# MAP Resources

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MAP Resources compiles expert-backed support resources for minor-attracted people. Know a resource we should add? Suggest it!

## 🚨 Crisis Resources

If you have concerns about any of the following, dedicated support is available.

Suicidal thoughts

Urgent support

Illegal content

Online safety

## ❓ FAQs

Minor-attracted people who are seeking support for the first time often have questions. We explore research and real-world events to answer some common ones.

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## 📖 MAP Stories

Many minor-attracted people start their search for support by seeking information on the experiences of other MAPs. This can help reduce anxiety and loneliness.

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## 👥 Peer Support

Online support groups provide an important source of community for many minor-attracted people. This can lead to a reduction in feelings of loneliness or isolation.

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## 🗣️ Therapy

Though it can't change attractions, therapy helps many minor-attracted people overcome mental health issues or address concerns about harmful sexual behaviors.

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## 📔 Self-Help

These free, online tools can help minor-attracted people overcome distress and find self-acceptance. They do not require interacting with another person.

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## Dedicated Support

Some minor-attracted people and supporters may benefit from resources specifically for them. We maintain separate lists of resources for groups that often need unique support.

### 🧒 Minor MAPs

Minors who are attracted to much younger children are more vulnerable to mental health issues caused by stigma and a lack of safe access to effective support.

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### 👪 Friends and Family

Friends and family members of MAPs face a variety of challenges, including overcoming misconceptions they may hold about MAPs to support the MAP they know.

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### 🦋 CSA Survivors

MAPs who experienced sexual abuse as children often struggle to find spaces where they feel welcome and supported and can begin to heal and move forward.

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### 🧠 POCD

A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder in which one experiences intrusive thoughts centered around the possibility of being a pedophile or a child abuser.

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