I see distrubing images sometimes

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It could be worse. You could be remembering all of the bad things that have happened in your life everyday and purposely try to sleep on a conclusive note so that you don't dream at all (lest you have three nightmares in a row).

Anyway, it depends. It could be the entertainment you're watching or repressed rage. If you are the nicest person ever and never disagree with anyone, I suggest you talk to a psychiatrist because, it is likely to be repressed rage.

There seems to be no protection, anymore, from the ugly ideas other people have. It shows up constantly on the net, TV, movies, etc.

Obviously, you are not yet numb, so you need to protect yourself from the ubiquitous crap in the environment.

Turn off the ugly stuff on TV and the Net. Don't watch the news. Take up an uplifting hobby, like reading classic novels, of listening to classic music, opera, etc. Try bird watching, hiking in a natural environment, visiting art museums, etc. There is so much beauty in the world that doesn't make for compelling television.

See, it's not proper for people to asume this has something to do with tv, music,ext.
As long as you don't have actual feelings like hate, anger building up while these images happen, and you know it isn't something your going to act on(Like while holding you son) it should be fine. Maybe you should see a therapist about it, because you don't want people to be scared of you when you tell them this is what's in your head. Or think it's one thing when really it's another.

Good luck.

dont worry. I do this occasionally too. I'm relatively normal, no scary skeletons. And all of the sudden I imagine cutting my finger off while making a salad, my dad naked (the worst), pushing some slow old lady down, you know, weird stuff. That said I think the majority of it is simply due to the fact that us as humans are only 1/10 as domesticated as we like to convince ourselves that we are. We all experience very base fantasies, daydreams, or even impulses which our higher level thought processes are forced to mitigate. We cannot expect to be thought police as well. You would know if any of these thoughts were somehow leading you down a road of self destruction. Dont give yourself too hard of a time. I think it is a sign of an active imagination, truly.

I think your just bored, maybe you had a really exiting childhood and your adult life is so boring u gotta make stuff up, I think you should write a book, your imagination needs freedom and its pissed off cause your cooping it up.

omfg lol im same way your not alone, i sometime thing of stupid imposible things and worse i slap my face after.

i do this too. i don't like it either. i've been reading about buddhist philosophy to compensate. good stuff about clearing the trash out of your head.

I do this all the time.

Sometimes I wonder what the hell is up, but I think it is normal, just depending on how you think.

I've always had a very vivid imagination, and sort of a way of over-considering grim or extreme things in life.

I'm the person in the car who says, as we drive over a bridge, "Hey guys, wouldn't it suck if we all died right now?"

I'll have a vision of myself shattering a mirror, only to realize that that isn't going to happen and I don't have any true desire to do it.

Or I'll have a sudden vision/flash of violence or, as you said, a car flying off the road.

Seems pretty normal to ME, but then again... maybe we're both abnormal! :D

you are imagining these things, purely because you don't want to, the reason you see you father doing sexual things isn't because that's what you want to imagine, it is simply the worse thing you could think about imagining. in short you have developed a fear of your own imagination. this fear is causing you to imagine terrible things. just like if i told you now not to imagine a dead puppy, it the very thought of not imagining it causes you to do it.

unfortunately there is not much you can do about it for now, just try to relax more.

Jim's right.
Do something uplifting, something that will take yer mind off of this bad crap. Listen to happier music

wow,you are not alone , i even do that image of my father thing occasinaly.

Intrusive thoughts like this are annoying, I get them a lot, I get images of people doing bad things and stuff.

happens to me i think its normal u probly just saw ,had ,did or etc with them

It could Be a sign of being bi-polar. I have been diagnosed As such and one of the questions the psych. Asked was somethin similar. I often think such Things. I will Be walking down the Staires and imagine loosing my footing and tumbling down with my Head busted open with the brains all over or looking at People staring down from a tall Platform or staue and imagine them Falling off.

Yep, same here. I spend a lot of time on the net, so I'm numb to all the gore and violence that pops up in my head... Well, most of it. Either watch a lot of violent stuff to desensitize yourself, or go cold turkey and stay away from gore.

Thats cool because that means imagination,albeit a twisted one. And many people have dealt with those issues over years. If you're skilled at arts at all,then exploit your favorite media and that may even be like therapy if you're still upset!

Normal. It bothers you mainly because you give it so much significance and worry about it (duh). Stop thinking that it's weird or wrong if you can and you'll feel better.