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Weird Temptations
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Spiderman
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In group settings, I often get temptations to blurt out the very last things a person should say in the situation. When the temptations come, I start clenching my teeth , furrowed brow, and looking angry, and people have thought that I was upset with them when I was only upset with myself for having such thoughts.
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Sure. I often feel tempted/curious/interested in all kinds of things, like dropping pennies from towers, stealing, scaring people. My strangest temptation is to believe that I have powers. Less strange is a compulsion to step on sidewalk cracks by the same amount under each foot and when one has had more cracks to change pace to get the other one to catch up. It gets very complicated with slate tiles, impossible really. You can't do it without walking funny, but with a good new sidewalk you can do it.
Not gonna lie. I've had these cringeworthy tendencies, and some more violent and sadistic than simply throwing scalding water on someone.
Many are rooted in vengeance for wrongdoing unto others, but when the thought arises, I cringe, shudder, squash the thought, and move on.
I'm thinking this is either a normal human thought process, or I am just a demented individual.
Many are rooted in vengeance for wrongdoing unto others, but when the thought arises, I cringe, shudder, squash the thought, and move on.
I'm thinking this is either a normal human thought process, or I am just a demented individual.
I strongly suspect it's a by-product of ordinary human consciousness.
I would agree. I often wonder what trigger compels the psychopaths that exist in our society to act upon these thoughts.
Spiderman
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Sometimes drugs and alcohol can do it.
That's quite an interesting question.
Based on my experience, I think there has to be a supplemental catalyst.
People who do that on purpose should get their tires slashed and windows busted out.
Indeed. Someone should start a thread so our experts here at RF can weight in.
That certainly has been proven time and again to be the best means of getting at the truth of a matter.
Psychopaths don't have a conscience or sense of empathy to stop them. We may have highly violent or sadistic thoughts but we feel bad about them or consider the consequences of doing such things. We think about how the other person (or animal in some cases) might feel and so on. Psychopaths don't have that psychological "stop sign".
Well, obviously that's not a wrong in my book. As a person who has been a pedestrian all my life and in a city full of ****ty drivers who don't give a damn about others, I'm being quite kind enough as it is. They're lucky that all they get is some swear words and my middle finger.
So you're good with me paying the price for your vigilante justice.
Thank you for your contribution to society.
I don't know wtf you're talking about.
Who do you think winds up paying for slashed tires and busted out windshields? Insurance companies? Where do you think they get the funds to pay for these kinds of damages?