You would think it would make me feel better to know that every person has intrusive thoughts. But it doesn’t at all, quite the opposite.

Yall are as crazy as I am, we are doomed.

  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
    4·
    9 months ago

    You’ve never been near a ledge and thought, “what if I jumped?”

    Never thought about dipping a finger in the blender or light socket?

    Never thought of or touched something that you knew was way too hot?

    • Heavybell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      Yes. All the time, and worse options besides. But there’s no temptation to do those things. It`s more like I’m being reminded that those are options, that nothing besides my own will – and the fact that I am in control of my body – prevents me from doing them. It’s scary. I hate it.

      The part I don’t get is the idea that other people claim to have voices urging them to do these things.

      • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
        5·
        9 months ago

        Do you have an inner monologue? Some people don’t and that’s okay but a lot of people do have a “voice” for their conscious thoughts.

        But the other thing you described is intrusive thoughts. We think, “This is a thing I could do” and we mostly don’t do them bc we think about the consequences and our inhibitions kick in.

      • Lightor@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        I think if you’re hearing actual voices urging you to do things that’s a condition that should be addressed, that’s not normal.