Slotherooz

intrusive thoughts are things you'd never do. they're what you fear the most. they're the actions you find most disgusting and vile that your brain fires at you to make you feel bad. they're a symptom of anxiety and obsessive disorders, such as OCD.

I used to have them like way too often back at high school and whenever I had one, I legitimately wanted to die. I won't go into detail but if you know me, you'll know what sort of stuff is what I find most evil. well, my intrusive thoughts consisted of my brain going "you're going to [extremely evil and disgusting thing] to [random person, or worse, person you care about and respect]". immediately after I always went "that's horrible, why am I thinking this? I must be the worst person alive!" and feel terrible, but I never talked about it.

intrusive thoughts arent funny or quirky.

intrusive thoughts can never be put into action.

if you want to put sudden, out-of-nowhere thoughts into action, those are IMPULSIVE THOUGHTS. impulsive thoughts are normal and happen in any mind. they can be messy or bad but they're just thoughts.

equating intrusive thoughts with impulsive thoughts has lead to two very bad ideas:

that intrusive thoughts are stuff like "eat leaf" or "smack belly" when they are stuff like "hit that person" or "say a slur"

that people want to put intrusive thoughts into action.

as a result, you get people going "DNI IF: you get intrusive thoughts about raping children" like my dude... my guy... intrusive thoughts about raping children... are a symptom of POCD... and POCD is an indicator that you hate pedophiles more than anything to the point the thought of being one and not knowing it yet terrifies you.

disorders like OCD can convince you that you enjoy your intrusive thoughts when you actually do not

you should go to therapy if you get intrusive thoughts frequently anyway. if you’re able to access therapy, it’s important to find ways to manage those thoughts