I think it comes down to impulse control, and perhaps a normal sense of self.
Invasive thoughts are normal; morbid, but normal. But when you remove impulse control, when your sense of self is twisted and everything is changing so fast even children are able to see it, things are a bit off.
I think it has more to do with consistency. If you have nothing to live for those thoughts are going to come a lot more often and start to seem true and reasonable after a while. People are depressed for a reason.
I would consider having something to live for as falling under a sense of self, but a lack of consistency is an understated problem.
People are absolutely depressed for a reason, although depression comes for everyone sometimes and other problems are present when invasive thoughts become "tendencies".
I don't wish I were dead, for example, or think about killing myself when depressed.
Oh sure, I've wondered what it would be like if I died, what would happen, how it would affect people in my life, but then your mind clamps down on those thoughts -- or it should, if it is functioning properly.
It's the same as having an invasive thought about touching a burner, your mind is supposed to clamp down on it before you actually do it.
If thoughts like that "speak" to somebody it's probably because there's something very important missing in their lives. I've been in that mindset before and each time I could make a convincing argument to myself justifying the worst.
Agree. Intrusive thoughts can make you question your life and sometimes for the better. It can remind you what you have to live for. But if you cannot see a way out it makes things a lot easy to proceed.
I think it comes down to impulse control, and perhaps a normal sense of self.
Invasive thoughts are normal; morbid, but normal. But when you remove impulse control, when your sense of self is twisted and everything is changing so fast even children are able to see it, things are a bit off.
I think it has more to do with consistency. If you have nothing to live for those thoughts are going to come a lot more often and start to seem true and reasonable after a while. People are depressed for a reason.
I would consider having something to live for as falling under a sense of self, but a lack of consistency is an understated problem.
People are absolutely depressed for a reason, although depression comes for everyone sometimes and other problems are present when invasive thoughts become "tendencies".
I don't wish I were dead, for example, or think about killing myself when depressed.
Oh sure, I've wondered what it would be like if I died, what would happen, how it would affect people in my life, but then your mind clamps down on those thoughts -- or it should, if it is functioning properly.
It's the same as having an invasive thought about touching a burner, your mind is supposed to clamp down on it before you actually do it.
If thoughts like that "speak" to somebody it's probably because there's something very important missing in their lives. I've been in that mindset before and each time I could make a convincing argument to myself justifying the worst.
Agree. Intrusive thoughts can make you question your life and sometimes for the better. It can remind you what you have to live for. But if you cannot see a way out it makes things a lot easy to proceed.