hmm - Lemmy.World

Intrusive thoughts are terrifying. It’s a testament to our collective willpower that we haven’t horrifically murdered each other.

Also, I’m really glad the phrase “intrusive thoughts” came along. It made the whole thing a lot easier to talk about.

They aren’t intrusive thoughts, they’re just your thoughts, stop being afraid of thinking. Now if you lack impulse control, then we have a problem.

Intrusive thoughts are a big part of OCD. And they call them “intrusive thoughts.”

Maybe it’s OCD?

These kind of thoughts are normal, but can develope into a subform of ocd called puro-o ocd
Primarily obsessional obsessive–compulsive disorder - Wikipedia