Dumb thoughts and creepy pictures popping into your head?

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Do you guys ever have the most stupid "why would I even think that" ideas randomly pop into your head? Like stuff nobody in their right mind or even their wrong mind would consider doing. Like it's not even stuff you secretly want to do. Example "Hey what if I greeted this person naked?" and stuff like that.

Also when I'm in bed sometimes I'l have really detailed horrifying images suddenly flash into my head, usually when I have negative thoughts. I usually have a hard time imagining entire new creations visually, but these pictures of things like evil dolls and demons are that detailed and photo realistic it seems the only way my mind could think of them is if I saw them on TV or something. However I know they're 100% generated by my mind.

All the time.

My brain never shuts off though, always active with many things. For example as I'm typing this I'm watching a hockey game and a baseball game and petting the cat.

Happens to me, too. I had a thought about my Mema, calling her a hideous creature. I know my Mema isn't a hideous creature, but apparently It just had to pop up.

Another time, a thought came up saying, "Watch out, someone is recording you".

It could be OCD intrusive thoughts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_thought) but I could be overdramatizing it and it could just be, like you said, dumb thoughts and creepy pictures popping into your head and nothing more. I know I get those a lot too and I may or may not have OCD intrusive thoughts as well.

If it's not tormenting or traumatizing you and you actually enjoy the creativity of it all, I wouldn't seek treatment. It might even inspire you to create great art.