SAUK Discussion Board - Child-self Murder

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Originally Posted by HermannHesse (Post 2392859)

No, and I don't really understand what you mean.

However, it doesn't strike me as particularly rare. I think extreme thoughts are fairly normal for anyone who lets their mind wander. It does indicate some sort of emotion that the brain is playing with, trying to make sense of, perhaps not very well. There is a word for it in psychology, which I can't remember. But it's not uncommon. It's a well-known aspect of the interplay between the reptilian brain and frontal cortex that the brain can conjure up dark thoughts, almost as a way to test its own boundaries and to extract meaning from the extremes of thought: killing parents; throwing your husband under a bus; women smearing jam for their pet dog to enjoy, are some of the more mundane examples.

None of it is very healthy and it should be monitored closely to ensure such delusions don't become a fixation of any sort. But it's not uncommon. Humans are weird. Everyone is secretly insane.

I have heard something like that before, about because you're mind makes a big deal about it, you mind is then encouraged to think such thoughts more.

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Originally Posted by A lump of Excrement (Post 2392952)

Just to clarify, as an adult now you imagine meeting your child self and murdering them?

Yep, I'll walk into a room and see myself sobbing in a corner for example, but it's the child version of me, wearing clothes that I recognise from when I was younger.