hmm rock

Intrusive thoughts are terrifying. It's a testament to our collective willpower that we haven't horrifically murdered each other.

Also, I'm really glad the phrase "intrusive thoughts" came along. It made the whole thing a lot easier to talk about.

our brains run simulations of awful situations all the time as a diagnostic self-test system. The fact that we recoil in revulsion from destructive intrusive thoughts is a sign that we are still at least nominally sane. Those who yearn for peace prepare for war. Likewise, those who care for their loved ones prepare to face terrible events that might befall them.

These urges are what the Chao garden in sonic adventure was made for.

The call of the void. I think?

I have these kinds of thought all the time lol

Borderline c/LemmyBeWholesome

If the devil whispers in your ear just don't listen

Big Saturn energy

Shin Sekai Yori is an light novel / anime about what happens when these thoughts have power and how a society might develop to control the destructive consequences of said thoughts.

Someone learned about intrusive thoughts.

Intrusive thoughts like that must be human nature. I doubt there is a single person who has never had a single thought about something like that.

Am I the only one who doesn't do this?

Unless you are in psychosis and then the intrusive thoughts win 😭

YEET

Lol my mom and I have OCD. She's got a bit of this type, fortunately mine is a bit more of the I really really love filing and collecting things (data hoarding) borderline autistic type.

I have this all the time with my daughter and it scares me.

OP is like James Joyce if James Joyce grew up with rotten.com

when crazy stuff happens and people ask me "can you believe a person would do such a thing?", i'm like "actually yes, very much so"

Next pane: splat

I heard the yeet in my head

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Thinking of kids as extensions of yourself is narcissistic as fuck.

Don't be sorry for these intrusive thoughts. It's from our ancestors, when they could only survive through killing their offspring. It's an old part of your brain that plays devil's advocate. Use it, redirect it, of course, be aware, especially when you're a sleepwalker.