Comment on Intrusive thoughts

Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨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?

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  • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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    • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, I have inner monologue. And yes I know what I am describing is intrusive thoughts.

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    • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I am not hearing voices urging me to do things, don’t worry :P

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  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The call of the void. Super common and pretty interesting.

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    • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And it’s always calling…

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• BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The people making these jokes don’t understand actual intrusive thoughts.

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  • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Intrusive thoughts are unwanted, involuntary thoughts, images, or ideas that can be distressing or upsetting. They can also be called interfering thoughts. These thoughts can occur spontaneously or be triggered by internal or external stimuli. They can be strange, aggressive, or sexual.

    The act shown in the picture is certainly an intrusive thought.

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    • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The act in the picture isn’t a thought at all. It’s the result of someone deciding to do something destructive to see the result. I can’t imagine the thought “what if I stuck my soldering iron in the side of my solder spool” was that unwanted, distressing or upsetting, either. After all, OP decided to do it.

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      • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doing it or not doing it doesn’t change the type of thought it is, based on the definition. I reality we will never know, this could have been and most likely was planned. But assuming they didn’t want to waste money and destroy a roll of solder, the thought could have been intrusive then acted on. The possibility is there.

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    • BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You also don’t act on intrusive thoughts. This meme demonstrates an impulsive thought, not an intrusive one.

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      • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I doubt anyone wants to waste a whole roll of solder. It’s an unwanted action that they had a thought about. That’s the intrusive thought, they then just acted on it.

        An intrusive thought is the thought, acting on it or not is separate.

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  • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have to assume so. Mine are very much not welcome or tempting in the slightest.

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    • BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same. Which is why it’s intrusive. But I guess it’s cute for people to make light of others distressing neurological symptoms 🤷‍♂️

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      • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah we`re both getting downvoted for this, it seems.

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