I wasn't as bright as you. I simply thought, "dang, I'm not normal," not really thinking whether it was something I could have controlled. I just was shocked to hear that all of my friends were having those thoughts that I didn't have!
There was a young lady (freshman) I had as a student at a prominent research university. She was one of the most innocent-looking--and truly innocent--young ladies I have known. (I got to know her because she was diligent in her studies and asked for help often.)
She was also very pretty, classy in her dress, with gorgeous golden hair, but her shy, conservative, distant demeanor kept guys at bay, I'm sure.
I barely recognized her when I saw her on the street a couple of years later. She had shaved off her hair to a severe cropping, and was wearing dumpy clothes, no makeup, and a scowl. Turns out, she had taken a Womens Studies course to fulfil a humanities requirement, and had been indoctrinated fully.
I asked about her and what was new, and she replied with a litany of radical feminist dogma. My friend asked her details about the rhetoric she was reciting, and she had none. This was the young lady who insisted on learning the basis for everything in science class, now a man-hating zombie, spewing propaganda without questioning.
My heart aches even now as I recall that. I hope that she has since moved out of that phase and is a happy person again.