Is it normal to think about hurting myself but not in a suicide way?

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I have these strange thoughts all the time. When I'm cooking I think about burning myself or pushing the knife into myself. When I'm on our balcony I think about throwing myself off. When I walk along the road I think about throwing myself in front of a car. I don't feel depressed or like I want to kill myself, it's more like being hyper aware of the danger that I COULD put myself in. I don't think I'm at risk of ever doing it, I just wish the thoughts would go away.

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Based on 13 votes (9 yes)
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  • bbrown95
    3 years ago

    They call these intrusive thoughts, and they're very normal. Mine tend to be something stupid like screaming in the face of someone important at my job, lol. It's basically your mind playing some pretty cruel games and trying its best to make you uncomfortable.

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  • have_a_good_day
    3 years ago

    This shit is normal, nigga. There's nothing wrong with looking at some hoe's baby and thinking bout how far you could kick it in da name of science

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  • my_life_my_way
    3 years ago

    Intrusive thoughts are normal, people seem to ask about them a lot here. Sometimes when I’m eating steak in a restaurant I imagine myself just plunging the steak knife into my eye to watch what people do.

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