My[29F] online friends[20-23M/F] are all way younger than me and have someone[19M] interested in dating me who's very young. I didn't know their ages before and feel extreme guilt for seeming creepy. Am I over-reacting?

Since about high school, I've found I always hang out with people who are younger than me. In high school my friend group was the next grade down, and with the advent of discord and Skype I started having friend groups with people even younger. I never knew what ages they were beforehand and I never really judge people from the start so I always end up blindsided with the fact that I'm friends with a lot of younger people. They're all great, I would do anything for them, and they have no problem with me, but I just can't help but feel like a gross creep for talking and hanging out with people 6 years or more younger than me. Only once ever I ever met a server on discord with people more around my age, and I still try to stay in contact although our interests have shifted and we've all kinda spread out.

On top of this, there's someone who I started getting talking with who is 19, a full 10 years younger than me. I have voiced to other friends my concern over the age gap and they seem to tell me I'm over-reacting or at the very least to make sure both of us are ok with it, and the guy is very ok with it (he's into older women). I just can't help feel like I'm a creep still.

I know this could be me over-reacting as I'm typically very harsh on myself and don't exactly have a positive mental image. There's also a possibility it's related to me having a lot of mental issues (I suffer from a myriad of ADD, OCD, Anxiety, Depression, as well as being considered legal disabled due to dissociative disorders) although I'm not entirely sure about that one.

Tl;dr: My friends are younger than me. Am I a creep or just over-reacting?

Submitted April 29, 2020 at 01:12PM by throwaway9797986 https://ift.tt/2VOhgfJ