Is it normal maybe messed up as child?

I realized whilst going through my old stuff that I was a little 'off' as a child.
Never was exposed to violence and whatnot of any kind, parents were strict about stuff like that. I'll keep this brief, but it's still a bit of a read. These are the things I used to do.

- When I was 8, I used to hit and scratch my mother when she told me what to do. At 9, I was set on poking a hole in my leg with a pin as punishment for this, too chicken to carry through though.

- Used to have Barbies. At 8, I had one in particular I used to want to come alive so I could torture it. Had a song I used to sing to try to bring it to life. Other than that, filled it with pinpricks.

- I wrote stories about said doll at age 10. They involved her getting tortured; cut to pieces, getting babies cut from her, babies getting slaughtered in front of her, etc...and she would usually commit suicide by the end.

- I used to draw a mix of sexual and extremely violent things, probably too graphic to write here. I started this at age 9, was caught age 10, told not to do it but kept it up even until now (19). Maybe I'll write it in the comments.

There are more things, tried to keep it brief. I was never exposed to any of this stuff, it happened out of nowhere.

IIN? Have other kids done this?

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  • You sound very disturbed. I would guess that there may well be some suppressed psychological trauma which has served as inspiration for such thoughts and actions.

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    • None that I can remember, and I don't think my father did anything to me. I only remember one incident that could've been a dream, and even if not, it was pretty minor. Don't know if this is too graphic for site, don't think so but:

      Maybe 5-6 years old, in pushup position on bed, door closed, light on. Father behind me, all clothed, me wearing just underwear. He was taking them off, maybe to change them, and I defecated. "Why did you do that?" he said in annoyance. So probably just changing me, but just odd considering the position I was in.

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  • KeepsakeDoll

    Pretty sure lots of people acted strangely or disturbed in some way as a kid. Most of us probably just don't remember much.

    I used to play doctor with dead flies when I was little.

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  • seekelp

    Yeah, kids are usually fucked up because they don't know what they're doing is fucked up. I think the important thing is that you're self-aware now.

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  • some of that seems a bit odd but I don't think its too uncommon and many kids do much worse and torture animals instead of inanimate objects.

    I drew violent pictures and did a lot of vandalism and had behavior problems but never did anything too violent beyond typical stuff kids do.

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