# Do you ever had irrational psychotic thoughts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245 "2010-03-12T15:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245/21 "2010-03-12T17:21:58Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I mean, in a weird way, couldn’t this just be our brain trying to exercise its creative power? If we try to look at it as an expression of human creativity, it’s sort of beautiful. I doubt there are any other living creatures that can weigh the pros and cons of a given action by imagining the action and its consequences in such vivid detail. As disturbing as our thoughts can be sometimes, maybe without them, we wouldn’t have things like… civilization. I like that idea. If our minds didn’t wander, how would we come up with new ideas and ways to solve problems? I doubt that we could allow our minds to wander without being subject to at least some unsettling prospects popping up. To the OP, yes, I get those thoughts. They do a timeshare in my brain with the thoughts of “what if X horrible thing happened”, where X is out of my control. I guess you could say I’m prepared for a number of eventualities. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245/22 "2010-03-12T17:22:06Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > I’m driving down the road and there is a steep cliff to my right. “What if I just drove off this cliff?” I don’t do it, of course, but I start wondering what the outcome would be. I have that one every time I drive over Sancho el Fuerte Bridge. This post is not being written by my ghost… I think! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245/23 "2010-03-12T17:22:27Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > My mind is always coming up with every scenario it can wherever I am. This leds to thinking lots of bad stuff, but I always have something planed for emergencies when they happen. Also, if I think of horrible things, they can’t happen, because that would be like precognition, and I don’t believe in that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245/24 "2010-03-12T17:30:13Z")
I don’t think I do, or at least I am not aware of having them. I had such thoughts for a short time and I went to a doctor about it because it was new and unpleasant. However, when I talked to my husband about it he told me he had thoughts like that every single day and did not quite get why I would want to see a doctor. But I am not normally a visual kind of person, I don’t have visual thoughts in general exactly. So their sudden and intrusive appearance was a bit of a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245/25 "2010-03-12T17:31:30Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > So, should I admit myself? I think you should first, as soon as is convenient, seek the advice of a medical professional in your area who can talk to you at length about your situation. Closing thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-had-irrational-psychotic-thoughts/532245.md?page=1)