Intrusive Thoughts

Myself, two friends of mine, and some people I speak to over the Internet - either in a chat room, or on msn (one-to-one) messenger - all sometimes experience so-called intrusive thoughts, although some of us hear negative voices with it, and others just hear or sense (other) thoughts as intrusive, but not voices as such.

This begs the question of whether some social voices are experienced as intrusive, in the person’s social life, and what bearing this has upon internal intrusive thoughts in general. This could be due to a vulnerability to stress, and/or that the person has some intrusive, aggressive, or domineering people in their lives.

There is a tendency, for people of all political persuasions, to say that intrusive, negative, rude, and violent thoughts, are just our own conscious thoughts, which we are not being responsible for, but this view amongst especially the right-wing, but also amongst many cognitive therapists, and some psychiatric survivors, is outdated, and needs understanding from new perspectives and approaches.

One thing that makes me angry, and which I very much dislike about the Tories, is that they are one-sidedly obessesed with the view, that some people make excuses for their bad thoughts and behaviours. Firstly, this annoys me, because they say this, as if it is one group doing this in society, such as criminals, or voice hearers, when people in power and authority justify their bad behaviours in that way.

Secondly, it makes me angry, because the Tories are just ignorant, and do not appreciate, understand, nor realise, that everyone are somewhat influenced by their so social, environmental, and life-experiences. On the issue of responsibility and freewill, you can’t always be responsible and free, unless you understand how experiences have influenced you first.