Thought crime

[robvalue]

Sometimes when I see a child, I think about doing something really mean to it, like kicking it or stealing its stuff. For no reason.

Sometimes I think about how I would kill everyone around me in the quickest way possible. For no reason. It just pops into my head.

They are just fleeting thoughts. They don't mean anything. I can find them amusing, because they are so ridiculous. Who knows what's going on in my brain. My wife has shared many bizarre thoughts she has had with me too. I believe (almost) everyone has messed up thoughts, ones which would be embarrassing if you actually came to them as a conclusion rather than a reaction. It's just a matter of how honest they are about it.

As long as you are able to pick out the messed up thoughts and not give them any credibility, there's no harm done. And I'm sure most people can do that just fine. They may even get to the point where they just blank out the bizarre thoughts, as if they never had them at all.

PS: Good point Rhythm. It could be the brain "blowing off steam".