17 times people let the intrusive thoughts take control of their behaviour and instantly regretted it

Bruno Cooke. Updated January 29th, 2025

“Got a tattoo that said ‘eat me’ below my hip two days after I turned 18.”
–SeraphinaVD

10.

“Years back, right when GTA 4 came out, some friends and I were snowmobiling in British Columbia. After a day on the hills we were heading back to the trucks feeling like the greatest riders who have ever graced the sport.

“When we got back to the trailhead I noticed someone left their tilt sled deck (think… giant aluminium ramp on the back of a truck to load and unload sleds) in the ‘down’ position. That’s when Lizard Brain took the wheel, and I jumped the truck. And, my friends, that is the story of how I broke my collar bone and wrote my sled off.”
–kokaneeking

11.

“Ate a bar of soap.”
–gorymaggots

12.

“After frying some eggs for breakfast, I jerked into the pan to see how sperm looked cooked, mostly just sizzled a lot. Then hand washed that pan for 10 minutes because its my favourite pan to cook eggs with.”
–GrassHoppner

13.

“I found a taser at work and tried it on my thigh to see how much it hurt and what it makes your body do. And it worked! Hurt a lot and felt like every muscle cramped at once. I don’t recommend it. And so then I did it again.”
–rocrates

14.

“I tried walking over a frozen lake in the middle of the night. I broke through. Was able to catch myself from going completely under. Had to walk a full mile back home in frozen pants. Thank god I was wearing long underwear.”
–Binary_Gamer64

15.

I threw a bottle out the window without thinking when driving and stopped my car to clean it up because I felt bad.
–GreenMirage

16.

“My parents had a blender I’d use every day to make a smoothie, and it always slowed down with ice, I was annoyed at it not being powerful enough to just smash it. I thought “I bet I’d be able to stop it with my finger if I pushed down on the middle bit”.

“Honestly even typing it out 30 years later feels stupid. I didn’t lose any fingers but the end of one of them is all scar tissue and I can’t feel anything in the end of two fingers. So in a way I’m like a superhero. In another, more accurate way I’m an idiot.”
–Hashtagbarkeep

17.

“I pissed in a coffee mug and microwaved it for 3 minutes, then ran it under cold water which caused the mug to shatter and shoot boiling piss everywhere. I was 12 years old. To this day, I have no idea why I did any of this.”
–Nobodythrowout

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