RE: Thought crime
April 13, 2016 at 10:44 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2016 at 10:51 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(April 13, 2016 at 10:01 am)robvalue Wrote: I have fucked up, disgusting, depraved and brutally mean thoughts very regularly. I just don't take them seriously. They make me laugh, mostly. I know they're not "me", in any meaningful sense.
This part is vital. Absolutely, they're known as "ego-dystonic".
More from the article I posted:
Article Posted By A Certain Bestest Turtle Earlier In The Thread Wrote:[...]]The human brain naturally generates nonsensical and often bizarre thoughts, even for those without OCD. A study conducted by Rachman and de Silva (1978) found that healthy college students reported having thoughts with common OCD themes, such as violence, forbidden sexual acts, and urges to do inappropriate things in public. The difference is that when individuals without OCD experience ego-dystonic thoughts, meaning they are the opposite of an individual’s true nature, desires, values, and self-image, the brain responds differently.[...]
(My turtley bolding).
Don't feel bad Lostykins, it isn't horrible it's perfectly normal and you're not a horrible person you're a kind, lovely, compassionate, caring, selfless and wonderful person -- Don't beat yourself up for having normal thoughts
