Humans are strange creatures. People are sharing the urges they have to resist and we should be concerned
Have you ever wanted to do something so bad that you know the result would be terrible, but you just feel like doing it anyway? These people understand your struggle.
The people of Reddit have been sharing all the urges they have but would never act upon in an AskReddit forum, and honestly, same. Some instincts cannot be explained, like wanting to punch a cute kitten in the face because it's SO cute, or thinking about swerving your car into oncoming traffic, just to see what it would be like.
Luckily, most of us can control those unexplainable urges, and we don't end up being social pariahs or murderers, but it would be fascinating to explore the impulses and psychological patterns that lead to these nonsensical yearnings. For now, though, let's just revel in the fact that we're not alone in our strangeness.
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Whenever I am working and someone is physically close to me, a little voice pops in my head saying "they are so close, you could just kiss them" ... But then my brain comes back to reality and I'd realize I have no desire to kiss my bio partner, teacher, etc... But they are so close that I could.
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Scream at work.
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Teacher here. Sometimes, whenever I have students act out of line, I get the urge to seduce their mothers and randomly show up at Saturday breakfast. What a power play that would be.
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You know those really annoying kids in the mall, running around and their parents don't care? Forearm smash. Take em out. Boom.
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When people stand by ledges or at the top of stairs and I feel like pushing them down. It's so tempting.
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When hugging small children/animals I always can’t help but wonder if I’m strong enough to just crush them to death. I’m not gonna test it out.
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When I'm driving, I often get the urge to just swerve into oncoming traffic. Haven't a clue why.
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When I’m filling my car up, I sometimes get an urge to pour a ton of petrol on myself or someone else. I just want to see what would happen. I also dig the smell. Oh also - I’ve wanted to slap my mother in law about fifty times since Christmas.
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After class today I was talking to classmates in the hallway and I had a sudden urge to bite down as hard as I could on the concrete pillar on the wall. I couldn't get the thought out of my mind until after I left.
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Murder. It's always murder.
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Taking my seatbelt off and hitting the e-brake while on the highway and LETTING JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.
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I work at a nationally known Pickle company in packaging. Over the last six months, every once in a while, I get an urge to stick my dick in the pickle slicer. I am not sure why, but the impulse is getting stronger. I never will though. I mean, he's married for god's sake.
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The urge to just turn off my social filter and say just exactly what I feel each and every person around me needs to know. I regularly have to stifle the want to just freak the fuck out on strangers for a variety of reasons.
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Kick small children when they're screaming in public places.
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I just want to litarally curl up into a ball, and roll down the stairs, will I turn the corners or will my head go through the wall?
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i have this urge inside of me where i picture myself satisfyingly murdering someone/taking them down, particularly someone I dislike. I know I probably won't ever murder anyone, but I always think about this.
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Eating red hot charcoal. Like when you see the embers in the fire and they look so delicious.
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The urge to tell my grandmother to shut the FUCK up when she goes on one of her long winded rants.