▲ 178 ▼ 7% of adults in the United States say that at some time in their life, they have thought about shooting someone else (medresearch.umich.edu) submitted 5 months ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/science@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] etherphon@piefed.world 95 points 5 months ago (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (1 child) Call of the void permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 15 points 5 months ago Absolutely, there’s a huge difference between thinking about doing something and then letting the thought go compared to doing anything on the path to actually doing it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sundray@lemmus.org 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) I often used to have intrusive violent or sexual thoughts about strangers I'd see out in the world. They were unwanted and I found them horrifying, and of course would never do anything like that to anyone. Medication eventually helped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] daggermoon@piefed.world 1 point 5 months ago* Related permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (1 child) Call of the void permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 15 points 5 months ago Absolutely, there’s a huge difference between thinking about doing something and then letting the thought go compared to doing anything on the path to actually doing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) I often used to have intrusive violent or sexual thoughts about strangers I'd see out in the world. They were unwanted and I found them horrifying, and of course would never do anything like that to anyone. Medication eventually helped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)