Is it normal to get dangerous, impulsive thoughts?

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Recently, I have been getting impulsive thoughts everywhere I go. For instance, I was walking in a store and out of nowhere, I thought to myself,"It would be really easy to just pick something up and steal it." Of course, I didn't steal and just kept on browsing. Other examples (I just had the thoughts, I never actually did it):
-I was washing the dishes and when I picked up a knife to clean it, I imagined myself taking the knife and stabbing the person nearest me.
-While stopping at a red light, I had the impulse to just press the gas and hit the car in front of me.

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  • 33degrees
    12 years ago

    So normal, but you do need to control it, it's looking like that OCD and could get worse......

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  • JumJum
    12 years ago

    The scary thing is that it's very normal. If we didn't have a little something called "rationality" we'd all be killing each other!

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  • Treez
    12 years ago

    Just don't let them progress... Maybe you're just bored and getting thoughts to entertain u

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  • bryson_willis
    12 years ago

    I mentioned somewhere else about intrusive thoughts. fire up your search engine or Wikipedia and search for that.

    somewhere on Wikipedia it says statistics show a high probability that a lot of people if not everyone has these to varying degrees.

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  • Rhuarc
    12 years ago

    It all depends whether you act on those thoughts.

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  • NothingxCrazy
    12 years ago

    Everyone has twisted thoughts. I've thought about stealing or hurting someone but I know I would never do those things. As long as it stays in your head, it's normal.

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  • iunderstandyou
    12 years ago

    Hmmm How often do you have these thoughts?Do you act or just think?I have worked as a Psychiatrist for some time.You will be okay if you do not act your thoughts.Some people that have thoughts like your's usally kill some one and keep killing or they start stealing cars trucks ect ect...So try not to act you thoughts

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