Sometimes I am afraid I will do weird stuff

You're welcome here. We're all weird like that.

I too sometimes get insane impulsive urges. Some are out of nowhere and silly others are even violent. I'd never act on them, but it freaks me out. Like what the heck is wrong with me that an idea would even come into my head.

SC wrote:

I too sometimes get insane impulsive urges. Some are out of nowhere and silly others are even violent. I'd never act on them, but it freaks me out. Like what the heck is wrong with me that an idea would even come into my head.

Exactly!

I think it has something to do with being nervous...

Sometimes I wonder if there is electricity flowing through my body.

Sometimes I feel like I'm so full of fluid....I just might explode!

Sometimes I have a craving for mothers milk.

You sick, twisted f^(ks.

Sometimes I get this uncontrollable urge to vote for Hillary!

^^^All of these examples are pathologies resulting from the hormone testosterone.

Sometimes I don't make it the bathroom in time.

I must be an idiot, because I'm lol'ing at this thread.

I was at a restaurant and stole a few small packs of saltines!

Look up "harm OCD".

Sounds like you are pretty obsessive over anxieties, and start convincing yourself that you'll do things or that you find pleasing things you really don't.

harm OCD wrote:

Look up "harm OCD".

Sounds like you are pretty obsessive over anxieties, and start convincing yourself that you'll do things or that you find pleasing things you really don't.

Sure I will look it up.... but it rarely happens and only when I am really nervous.

Just didn't know if I was the only one.

I would never act on them. It is kinda like when I am on a tall building or cliff and start worrying I will fall off or slip or get pushed by the wind ... insane right?

And I found the puns very mildly amusing.

I thought I was the only one! It's really annoying!

"Harm OCD is a term for a type of Pure Obsessional OCD (Pure O) in which an individual reports experiencing repeated, intrusive, unwanted obsessions of causing or being responsible for harm to others, or themselves."

Yeah that doesn't sound anything like me.

Like I said, it usually when I am really nervous and talking to a boss in person or on the phone.

It is not that often . . . a couple times a year maybe?

For example, why would I worry about saying "I love you" at the end of an important call? I always say it to my wife but have never said it to someone else - yet I feel like I am going to say it and be embarrassed! WTF?

When people are talking to me I sometimes just watch their mouth move and wonder what it would feel like to remove their skin or separate their limbs, or what their head would look like in a jar in my refrigerator. I would not act on this, of course.

Sometimes I just want to take it off and yell

"IT'S A TOUPEE!!!!"

I have a pretty bad fear of heights because I think I will accidentally jump. Same goes for when I am waiting for the train to come past in the subway.

There's a name for this and the type of thing you're talking about. Let's see if I can find it....

Found it. Imp of the perverse.