▲ 284 ▼ Call of the rule (lemmy.ca) submitted 2 years ago by Bonsoir@lemmy.ca to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't get it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Intrusive thoughts are thoughts coming by themselves about bad things when you are somewhat close to a violent or dangerous situation. For instance, if you give a baby to someone with intrusive thoughts, they could momentarily have the idea of hurting the baby, even if they don't intent to. Or such person standing near a cliff or up a bridge could have the sudden urge to jump (often called "call of the void"). Or, someone with intrusive thoughts seeing a train coming at full speed in front of them could have sudden thoughts about jumping over the rails. But who knows. Maybe it's just me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I just didn't make the leap (ha) to suicidal ideation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago it's not generally suicidal ideation, i'd say that is a malfunction of the intrusive thought mechanism. far as i can tell it exists as our brain simulating what could happen, we see a cliff and go "i could throw this baby off the cliff", and we're supposed to immediately go "jesus fuck that would be horrible, i should hold onto the baby tighter and keep an eye out for anyone else who looks like they might throw a baby off the cliff, also maybe we should do something to prevent people from being able to throw babies off the cliff". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Intrusive thoughts are thoughts coming by themselves about bad things when you are somewhat close to a violent or dangerous situation. For instance, if you give a baby to someone with intrusive thoughts, they could momentarily have the idea of hurting the baby, even if they don't intent to. Or such person standing near a cliff or up a bridge could have the sudden urge to jump (often called "call of the void"). Or, someone with intrusive thoughts seeing a train coming at full speed in front of them could have sudden thoughts about jumping over the rails. But who knows. Maybe it's just me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I just didn't make the leap (ha) to suicidal ideation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago it's not generally suicidal ideation, i'd say that is a malfunction of the intrusive thought mechanism. far as i can tell it exists as our brain simulating what could happen, we see a cliff and go "i could throw this baby off the cliff", and we're supposed to immediately go "jesus fuck that would be horrible, i should hold onto the baby tighter and keep an eye out for anyone else who looks like they might throw a baby off the cliff, also maybe we should do something to prevent people from being able to throw babies off the cliff". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I just didn't make the leap (ha) to suicidal ideation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago it's not generally suicidal ideation, i'd say that is a malfunction of the intrusive thought mechanism. far as i can tell it exists as our brain simulating what could happen, we see a cliff and go "i could throw this baby off the cliff", and we're supposed to immediately go "jesus fuck that would be horrible, i should hold onto the baby tighter and keep an eye out for anyone else who looks like they might throw a baby off the cliff, also maybe we should do something to prevent people from being able to throw babies off the cliff". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago it's not generally suicidal ideation, i'd say that is a malfunction of the intrusive thought mechanism. far as i can tell it exists as our brain simulating what could happen, we see a cliff and go "i could throw this baby off the cliff", and we're supposed to immediately go "jesus fuck that would be horrible, i should hold onto the baby tighter and keep an eye out for anyone else who looks like they might throw a baby off the cliff, also maybe we should do something to prevent people from being able to throw babies off the cliff". permalink fedilink source parent
