Edgar Allan Poe described these impulses as being the product of "The Imp of the Perverse". That's that part in all of us that gets the desire to do such things.
Ever watch the TV show "Reno 911"? The entire premise is basically police officers actually acting on their "imps of the perverse" at every given opportunity. Perhaps not funny to all, but a good example of how universal those urges are.
I get the urge to randomly yank on my emergency brake when I'm doing 70+ down the interstate. Just to see what it would be like.
Or to leap off of very high places. Not in a suicidal sense at all, but rather in that I think falling would be fun.
On the more benign side I often find myself getting the urge to kiss random girls for no reason, or to drag the next handsome guy I see into an alley and attempt to get him to do me then and there.
Alas, my life is less interesting, though probably longer-lived because I don't act on these urges.
Is it normal that i get urges to do bad things like..
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Edgar Allan Poe described these impulses as being the product of "The Imp of the Perverse". That's that part in all of us that gets the desire to do such things.
Ever watch the TV show "Reno 911"? The entire premise is basically police officers actually acting on their "imps of the perverse" at every given opportunity. Perhaps not funny to all, but a good example of how universal those urges are.
I get the urge to randomly yank on my emergency brake when I'm doing 70+ down the interstate. Just to see what it would be like.
Or to leap off of very high places. Not in a suicidal sense at all, but rather in that I think falling would be fun.
On the more benign side I often find myself getting the urge to kiss random girls for no reason, or to drag the next handsome guy I see into an alley and attempt to get him to do me then and there.
Alas, my life is less interesting, though probably longer-lived because I don't act on these urges.