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I've been involved in a issue to do with sexting on kik and i'm scared of the threat i got hope
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Hello everyone,
I really appreciate all the help i can get right now about my problem i'm really scared about the threat i got afterwards i sent the explicit picture of myself to the girl i was talking to.
So basically if i remember correctly i was around the age of 16/17 at the time and this girl pop up to me on kik as i don't remember messaging them first. So eventually after a while they asked me to send over an explicit picture of myself and stupidly i agreed. Then once i sent they sent me a message saying they was going to find me and arrest me. So i'm scared was this someone trying to scam me or blackmail me or was this someone who could've been a undercover police officer? I can't remember how old the girls profile was as it's been so many years now since the incident!
I'm 23 years old now and haven't heard anything from the police or the profile of the girl whoever it was behind the profile, I just want to be able to move on with my life and forget this has ever happened. I want to move on with my life with my girlfriend and be happy and get married and have children with her one day and own a house. But I'm scared because of this threat that's going to ruin everything and i regret sending the explicit picture now and i know how stupid i was for what i've done. If i could turn back time i would defiantly go back to my past self and stop me from doing this.
Hope someone is willing to help me with issue but i understand if no wants to.
look forward to hearing back from anyone
I really appreciate all the help i can get right now about my problem i'm really scared about the threat i got afterwards i sent the explicit picture of myself to the girl i was talking to.
So basically if i remember correctly i was around the age of 16/17 at the time and this girl pop up to me on kik as i don't remember messaging them first. So eventually after a while they asked me to send over an explicit picture of myself and stupidly i agreed. Then once i sent they sent me a message saying they was going to find me and arrest me. So i'm scared was this someone trying to scam me or blackmail me or was this someone who could've been a undercover police officer? I can't remember how old the girls profile was as it's been so many years now since the incident!
I'm 23 years old now and haven't heard anything from the police or the profile of the girl whoever it was behind the profile, I just want to be able to move on with my life and forget this has ever happened. I want to move on with my life with my girlfriend and be happy and get married and have children with her one day and own a house. But I'm scared because of this threat that's going to ruin everything and i regret sending the explicit picture now and i know how stupid i was for what i've done. If i could turn back time i would defiantly go back to my past self and stop me from doing this.
Hope someone is willing to help me with issue but i understand if no wants to.
look forward to hearing back from anyone
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This sounds really distressing and is understandable that you are feeling scared, it's a serious threat so you're having a very human reaction. To be honest I don't know the laws on these things well enough but it sounds like it has been 6-7 years since the incident and if you haven't heard anything? So I think it would be safe to carry on with your life and do all the things you've listed - most of all be happy! If you think you can.
How much is the worry affecting you? Is it having a big impact on your day to day life or more like an underlying worry? I wonder if talking it out with somebody you trust or a helpline might ease the stress?
- Lucy
I have moved your post into the Sex & Relationships forum so hopefully you can get more responses
It's a bit of both 50/50 and I would talk to my family about this but I'm really ashamed of that they will think of me and what if this was a serious threat
Okay that's good to hear glad you think so that does make me feel better about this, yeah I've heard nothing about this after all these years. They never said anything about that because after the threat I deleted the app straight away so couldn't have anymore contact with them! Yeah your probably right let's hope so this wouldn't have been the behaviour of a undercover police officer or something like that would it?
I have been trying to move on but had I just can't seem to do it and yeah I get you can't change the past and yeah I do hope I can. I'm a bit scared and confused about the whole situation to be honest. I really don't know what to do and don't think I can cope with this anymore to be honest with you!
Yeah I love my girlfriend so much and don't want to lose her, she's my world and my everything but I haven't told my family girlfriend or friends about this.
I do want to just don't know how to tell them about this, I can't do this anymore
Yeah that's a good idea I'll give that a try, sorry I can't remember too much information about this like ages of me and the profile. I know it's not helping out to give me some advice about what to do.
Yeah it's made me very anxious like everyday I've been thinking like what if the police are waiting for me when I get home from work or at the weekends what if they turn up at any moment. Your probably right I could be to be honest Aidan
Many thanks
Antony
Sorry to hear the situation you are in.
Although sexting under 18 is illegal to send and receive, you as the person who sent it has more protection than the person who received it. And even though you are an adult now, if the image does get out you still have that protection because the image was made when you were a child. Which the possession and distribution of explicit under age content is a serious offence so if that person made them public they could be in a lot of trouble while you would be the victim of a crime.
Police wise, I don't know the full system and laws with it but I don't think they can keep evidence/images for that amount of time without making an arrest or having a warrant especially with it being under age photos. I don't think it should be a cause of concern but I can imagine if I was in the same position I would be worried aswell so I understand your fear.
If you want a full peace of mind, and if you're comfortable enough to do it, you could always use the live chat on the police website to ask about it, or something of a similar nature