tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post976783349971414177..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Crazy thoughtsnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-44322939991854010972015-10-21T07:48:24.047+01:002015-10-21T07:48:24.047+01:00Agent: Glad you've confirmed that thoughts lik...Agent: Glad you've confirmed that thoughts like that are very common. Surely if someone's giving you a really hard time, the idea of violent retaliation is simply human nature? Only a saint would smile sweetly and turn the other cheek.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-57861025260989435782015-10-21T01:33:16.542+01:002015-10-21T01:33:16.542+01:00In my clinical experience, most people do in fact ...In my clinical experience, most people do in fact have an occasional crazy or violent thought. I think that's quite normal. I talk to patients about those moments where you want to toss your child out the window. Or the surprisingly common experience of having a wish that your significant other (if you are in a bad relationship) would die in a fiery car crash.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-70106824370241631072015-10-18T22:47:26.030+01:002015-10-18T22:47:26.030+01:00Jenny: My "odd stuff" tends to come out ...Jenny: My "odd stuff" tends to come out in dreams too rather than during the day. Yes, I think most people aren't bothered by the odd bizarre thought. It's only if those thoughts become obsessive or compulsive, and start to disrupt your normal everyday life, that they become a serious problem.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-56487070557706361122015-10-18T22:38:59.513+01:002015-10-18T22:38:59.513+01:00I think that unwanted thoughts can be very upsetti...I think that unwanted thoughts can be very upsetting and disturbing for some people. However, it is usually only those who are definitely mentally ill act on them. Other people, though, do suffer, or so I am told. I sometimes get weird thoughts too, but they don't usually worry me. When the mind at rest it automatically conjures up all kinds of stuff, and if we are asleep this odd stuff comes out in dreams, whereas if we are awake we push them away. Or that is how it seems to me. I think that unwanted fears and compulsions might be something rather different from just the usual idle speculations, though. They can, I am told, be very distressing for those afflictedJenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-75910754315809936582015-10-18T09:17:47.723+01:002015-10-18T09:17:47.723+01:00Kylie: Of course I'm not saying parents are de...Kylie: Of course I'm not saying parents are deliberately harming their children. I'm only saying that violent thoughts can sometimes cross their minds, but thankfully such thoughts are very seldom acted on. Just as we might fleetingly think of attacking a draconian boss, or an intransigent official, or an obtuse call centre worker.<br /><br />I don't know about postpartum psychosis, but as you know post-natal depression is very common.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-71420436593706871862015-10-18T08:58:10.924+01:002015-10-18T08:58:10.924+01:00Ursula,
I think Ramana and CM indulge Nick because...Ursula,<br />I think Ramana and CM indulge Nick because they are just nice. <br /><br /><br />Nick,<br />I have never and will never be tempted to harm my children. In that area I'm assuming you are extrapolating from something about postpartum psychosis, which is rare indeed. kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-75637489067814748052015-10-17T07:50:48.121+01:002015-10-17T07:50:48.121+01:00To those who doubt that violent and bizarre though...To those who doubt that violent and bizarre thoughts are that common, try these two words: Twitter trolls.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-69330946150633253372015-10-16T22:25:49.535+01:002015-10-16T22:25:49.535+01:00Tammy: Oh, guns are easy enough to obtain. I'v...Tammy: Oh, guns are easy enough to obtain. I've got thirteen handguns and rifles in the cupboard under the stairs. All loaded and ready to go!<br /><br />The NRA is a totally irresponsible organisation. Sooner or later the tide will turn against them. And I seem to remember reading that they DO want schoolchildren to be armed "so as to protect themselves". God help us all.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-53232091683052939462015-10-16T22:17:56.577+01:002015-10-16T22:17:56.577+01:00the NRA would like to sell you a gun nick! LOLOL
h...the NRA would like to sell you a gun nick! LOLOL<br />heaven help us.<br />they probably want the children to be armed next.tammy jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568939993585811311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-11941595901831908172015-10-16T22:10:37.108+01:002015-10-16T22:10:37.108+01:00Andrew: The neighbours have installed a top-of-the...Andrew: The neighbours have installed a top-of-the-range security system just in case I break down their front door with a machete....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-75195165066165351912015-10-16T22:08:32.522+01:002015-10-16T22:08:32.522+01:00Grannymar: Oh yes, I know you're not as innoce...Grannymar: Oh yes, I know you're not as innocent as you look! You're quietly plotting a frenzy of yarn-bombing....<br /><br />www: I think a lot of writers are fictionalising the dark scenarios that run through their brains but can't be expressed openly. The stuff my brain produces while I'm asleep is pretty weird to say the least.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-50194086966010259082015-10-16T20:41:53.237+01:002015-10-16T20:41:53.237+01:00"After all, I want to be seen as sensible and..."After all, I want to be seen as sensible and responsible, not as some raving lunatic who wants to knife the next-door neighbour."<br /><br />Think you just gave it away there Nick. A schoolboy error. Someone needs to warn the neighbours.Andrew R. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824432165509761439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-7449297013295892062015-10-16T19:00:45.137+01:002015-10-16T19:00:45.137+01:00I write much from the dark side, the stuff I would...I write much from the dark side, the stuff I wouldn't dream of doing I have my characters perform in locum and then see how they get away with it (not).<br /><br />My dreams fulfil desires, I think. Stuff that bubbles below the surface often comes alive in deep sleep.<br /><br />H'm. Food for thought this.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-29180895006485770052015-10-16T17:31:52.906+01:002015-10-16T17:31:52.906+01:00Well now, Nick, I have no intention of telling you...Well now, Nick, I have no intention of telling you what his little old lady on the bus is quietly plotting....! You know the number of my bus and will just have to read about it in the papers or on the News at Ten. :PGrannymarhttp://grannymar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-72137242786876474542015-10-16T17:30:37.857+01:002015-10-16T17:30:37.857+01:00Tammy: That thought is probably more violent than ...Tammy: That thought is probably more violent than anything I would come up with! I do share your disgust though with all the things you mention - excusing captive animals, leaving babies and dogs in sweltering cars and slaughtering dolphins. Not to omit those sick individuals who enjoy killing elephants and lions.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19927290104326735752015-10-16T17:25:21.316+01:002015-10-16T17:25:21.316+01:00Ursula: I meant most people who get unwanted thoug...Ursula: I meant most people who get unwanted thoughts, not most people full stop.<br /><br />Yes, I admit I'm probably OTT at times. Like "most people". And actually I talk about my own take on life quite a lot. In fact some would say I'm rather self-centred.<br /><br />Trauma in my early life is spot on. In fact I've mentioned my dismal childhood many times in this blog. How my early trauma might influence my current scribblings I'm not sure, as I've never gone in for psychotherapy. But quite a lot, I suspect.<br /><br />I think you're confusing my generally quizzical approach to the world with an "ain't the world awful" attitude. Yes, a lot of things are truly awful, but I do try to find the gold nuggets among the garbage.<br /><br />"Drawn through the hedge backwards"? Not physically I don't think, but a good description of my emotional state on occasion. Like "most people" I expect.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-41501939235040232572015-10-16T16:49:49.831+01:002015-10-16T16:49:49.831+01:00my go~to is...
"i could shoot off their knee ...my go~to is...<br />"i could shoot off their knee caps!"<br /><br />as in the idiots who think the orcas in captivity are happy.<br /><br />or the idiots who leave babies and dogs in cars to suffocate and die a horrible death in the heat... "oh. i just forgot it was in there!"<br /><br />yup.<br />i mentally shoot off a lot of knee caps.<br /><br />oh... and the annual horrendous SLAUGHTER of dolphins by the japenese in that bay of blood...<br />the list goes on.<br />tammy jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568939993585811311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-45293052720787365452015-10-16T16:32:46.170+01:002015-10-16T16:32:46.170+01:00The "thoughts" you mention "were qu...The "thoughts" you mention "were quoted in an article on OCD. ... OCD affects about 1.5% of the population." Ok, Nick. I shall not point out to you that 1.5 % of the population is NOT "MOST people".<br /><br />How many times have I said to you that I believe you are totally OTT (over the top) with your pronouncements on your fellow human beings? You project onto others ad nauseam. When you post why not leave out bullshit publications gleaned from whatever source and just talk about you and your take on life instead of hiding behind "most" people.<br /><br />And do not doubt my words: Yes, I would get myself checked out if I ever harboured the vaguest of feelings you suggest. Unless I were a character in an Agatha Christie. But then I'd be fictional.<br /><br />As to your last assertion: You may doubt - again don't project your own feelings onto me - that I haven't had "a few uncharitable thoughts about you". No, Nick, I haven't. Nothing of the magnitude your original post suggests. What I think of you is that you have had some sort of trauma in your early life which haunts you to this day, has coloured your view, something you have been unable to shake off.<br /><br />The reason I have followed your writings for a good many years that I have a sort of morbid fascination with your - to me alien - view of the world and its inhabitants. If I could put you under the microscope I would (not to dissect you - just to get a better view). <br /><br />You know what baffles me more than anything? That the likes of, say, Cheerful Monk and Ramana, two people who tend to tease out the bright side of life, do indulge you so much. That they haven't lost patience with you yet is a miracle. I haven't lost patience with you either. But am a little fatigued at your relentless (in my view) "ain't the world awful" attitude.<br /><br />I am sorry, Nick. Can't promise I won't be back but you do have exhausted me for the time being.<br /><br />You "unruffled"? My dear Nick, do not deceive yourself. It takes nothing to ruffle your feathers coming out the other side looking like drawn through the hedge backwards.<br /><br />Affectionately,<br /><br />UrsulaUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19409814998332518212015-10-16T16:04:39.389+01:002015-10-16T16:04:39.389+01:00Next up: a post on fluffy kittens and adorable gri...Next up: a post on fluffy kittens and adorable grinning toddlers....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-85956457766712130862015-10-16T15:45:32.139+01:002015-10-16T15:45:32.139+01:00Ursula: Goodness, if that's disturbing, I wond...Ursula: Goodness, if that's disturbing, I wonder how you see something truly disturbing - like the war in Syria or climate change.<br /><br />The thoughts I mention were quoted in an article on OCD. As OCD affects about 1.5% of the population, that's getting on for a million people in the UK. So they are indeed common thoughts, though obviously not affecting every single person.<br /><br />I doubt if you would get yourself professionally checked out for wanting to throttle someone.<br /><br />As for parents, my source is Abramowitz JS, et al. Obsessional thoughts in postpartum females and their partners: content, severity, and relationship with depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 2003; 10:157-64. And that's just postpartum.<br /><br />I may have had a few uncharitable thoughts about you on occasion, but nothing as extreme as coming after you with a cleaver. You've no doubt had a few uncharitable thoughts about me as well, but I remain sublimely unruffled.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-4698808081513516022015-10-16T15:25:27.906+01:002015-10-16T15:25:27.906+01:00Ramana: How very compassionate you must be, that y...Ramana: How very compassionate you must be, that you never get the urge to throttle someone or put them in a padded cell! As for politics - politicians produce so many bizarre thoughts that my own bizarre thoughts are small-fry in comparison.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42930242234316615082015-10-16T14:00:24.059+01:002015-10-16T14:00:24.059+01:00What a seriously disturbing, and disturbed post, N...What a seriously disturbing, and disturbed post, Nick. <br /><br />Let's take it from the top: If, as you assert, people don't divulge their "crazy thoughts" how do you know anyone has them? It's a dangerous game to play, Nick, to project your own onto others.<br /><br />Of all the examples you have given, though according to you "very common", I haven't had one of those inclinations. Not one. Rver. And if I did I'd get myself checked into professional care, and locked up, asap.<br /><br />To name the most vile of your assertions: "Apparently the vast majority of parents have unwanted thoughts about harming their children ...". Where do you get this crap from? " ... the VAST majority of parents ..."? Are you ticking alright?<br /><br />I am amazed in what "good" humour your other commentators, so far, have taken a frankly unhinged and unsubstantiated account of how the minds of your fellow beings work.<br /><br />On danger of you feeding thoughts of coming after me with a clever I take my leave of you, Nick. What you wrote there is beyond a joke and, more importantly, it's beyond reason.<br /><br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-61371281524732706272015-10-16T13:59:42.744+01:002015-10-16T13:59:42.744+01:00My bizarre thoughts are restricted to our politica...My bizarre thoughts are restricted to our political dramas. Thankfully, I do not get any other kind. There is so much of the former that it crowds out other possibly bizarre thoughts.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-16508782424148980362015-10-16T11:13:01.533+01:002015-10-16T11:13:01.533+01:00Dave: Very true. What with the buzzing earphones a...Dave: Very true. What with the buzzing earphones and the coughers and throat-clearers and the people with huge backpacks/suitcases. But actually I'm quite patient about eccentric passengers. All I want to see is a bus that actually comes at the time it's meant to and not 15 minutes later.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-162842683326575412015-10-16T11:05:27.393+01:002015-10-16T11:05:27.393+01:00There's nothing quite like public transport fo...There's nothing quite like public transport for cultivating daydreams of committing acts of extreme violence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com