My Brain Wants to Kill Someone: Intrusive Thoughts, Unwanted Urges, and How to Stop Being Afraid of Your Own Mind - Softcover

MERRITT, ELISE

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798178809716

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

What if the most frightening thing about a terrible thought is not the thought itself—but what you think it says about you?

Maybe your mind suddenly imagines hurting someone you love. Jumping from a height. Swerving into traffic. Saying something unforgivable. Doing the one thing you would never want to do.

And then comes the second thought:

Why would I think that?

That question can turn a passing mental glitch into an investigation. You replay it. Analyze it. Check how you felt. Look for reassurance. Avoid the person, place, object, or situation that triggered it. And the more certainty you demand, the more important the thought begins to feel.

My Brain Wants to Kill Someone is a darkly funny, compassionate guide to intrusive thoughts, unwanted urges, and the fear that your own mind might be revealing something terrible about you.

Drawing on the psychology of intrusive thoughts and OCD—including the principles behind Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—this book explores why disturbing thoughts happen, why trying to prove them meaningless can keep them alive, and how to stop treating every strange idea your brain produces as evidence.

You’ll learn why a thought is not a desire, a desire is not an intention, and an intention is not an action—and why learning to live without perfect certainty can give frightening thoughts far less power.

You do not need to win an argument with every thought.

You do not need to prove what kind of person you are every time your brain says something awful.

Sometimes a thought can simply be a thought.

Because your brain gets a voice. It does not get the final vote.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798178809716
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 113
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