My brain constantly tells me to shoot people and throughout this ukraine nonsense my brain keeps making me want to do the :so-true: face when i hear about people dying
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I try to recognize them and like let them pass. I think recognizing that you have them and reminding yourself what you believe in and that you're better than that is helpful. Having OCD and being a former reactionary this happens all the time with me.
you should log off. honestly. taking yourself out of violent or bleak discussions is necessary for your mental health when you’re at that sort of point. please take care of yourself comrade
Kill the Christian in your brain. Your thoughts aren't what make you a good or bad person, it's your actions.
Yeah I was going to say. There's a difference between cathartic imagination and real world violence. Although it's ok to be a Christian.
My brain constantly tells me to shoot people
that this isn't concerning for, or isn't seen as atypical for, other posters, is a big yikes
you should seek the counsel of a mental health professional dude. a person with whom you can talk and build a relationship and who can follow up with you and develop a therapy plan for you will be immensely helpful. barring that, logging off is always the correct answer. god bless.
Just recognize them as absurd (or as not to be entertained at least) and just let them pass, I think most people have “dark” intrusive thoughts.
OCD is the worst, medication and some simple thought exercises do help though.
Obsessions, unwanted and consistent intrusive thoughts causing distress and sometimes compulsions of the "if you don't put on the right sock first, misfortune will happen upon you and your entire family" kind is exactly what OCD is.
Unfortunately, I'm speaking from experience (though the compulsion example was fictional). Various kinds exist, which can include variations like some without compulsions, freaking out about various stuff as minor as fear that your romantic partner might leave you if [irrational very specific fear] to forms which constantly have you believe you are about to die.
Mental illness sucks ass.
And yeah, just being tidy, neat and mildly annoyed at imperfection is not OCD. The other view of the illness, the compulsory drive to constantly wash your hands etc. is. Though not everyone has the same symptoms.
Just realize you’re being incredibly cringe and shouldn’t be acting like that. Find whatever shame or trauma is causing you to hold onto anger and find ways to let go of those emotions or let the shame and anger play out in health ways in stead of harboring them till u explode. Also seek therapy
I was hesitant to write this reply because I'm not qualified frankly to do so. I'm no mental health professional, but after seeing how horrible most of the replies you've received i thought I'd better.
Firstly, what you're experiencing is not uncommon, at all. The exact nature of it is specific to you but the mechanics of it aren't something weird or extreme or unusual.
To put it succinctly, you are not your thoughts.
I've heard it said many times from dharma teachers that our brains are "thoughting machines". They are constantly pushing up thoughts in our brains. We don't control this. Getting upset by them is easy to do but counterintuitively trying to push them out of your mind will only make them stronger.
What i find helpful when I have a thought like this is to acknowledge it and remind myself that "this is not me" "I'm not my thoughts".
Think of them like a parade passing by infront of you. I think we can agree that you are not the parade! However the parade still grabs your attention, it leaves impressions on you (thought, sensory experience, memories). If i was to be upset by the parade, trying to chase it off would just leave me more involved.
The simple acknowledgement that I'm not the parade, I'm not the thoughts can be effective, and even enlightening.
I hope this was helpful
I was just trying to help, with the other suggestions being "just realize you're being cringe" and "just recognize them as absurd"
I don't think you we being malicious but just careless. Also what this person posted was honest and vulnerable, not "cringe"
I like to think of it this way: You don't have to "own" every shitty little thought that pops into your head. I also have shitty intrusive thoughts sometimes, but not every thought that enters my head needs to be internalized as a part of my being. These thoughts can be born into my mind and die there just as easily. You can do the same.
