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Title: flickering
Warnings: Hearing voices similar to intrusive thoughts (the voices are from sentient fire, not from the character’s own mind), pyromania, session 3 spoilers
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Tango might be hearing things.
That is, beyond what the rest of his friends have already been joking about this entire session. The secret task bestowed upon him seemed like pure hilarity at first: pretend to have an imaginary friend. And he had to go all out, too, having imaginary conversations in the presence of other people. He wasn’t confident enough in his improv skills to pull it off without some kind of prop, though, so he’d assigned the role of imaginary friend to a torch in his inventory.
Torchy, a new best friend for the resident blaze hybrid on the server. Hilarious.
Except, as the hours went on… carrying Torchy around and randomly placing it down… hosting one-sided conversations with a piece of burning wood while his friends watched on with baffled amusement… it started to get a little less hilarious. Because he started to imagine that he could actually hear Torchy talking back to him.
Looks bad. Burn it. Kill him.
Just pleasant little things like that. It made for great conversation fodder; nothing turned heads on this server faster than a randomly overheard, “No, no, we can’t kill him!” And it was funny to carry on that kind of dialogue, chastising a flaming stick for its apparent bloodlust. The looks on his friends’ faces were priceless.
But at the end of the session, after Tango had been found out and failed his task, after everyone bid their farewells and went their separate ways to end the session… he hears it again; a flickering whisper of a voice in his ears.
Burn it.
It startles Tango so badly, his blaze rods ignite. “Aaagh- who? What?!” He spins around, flames spitting.
“Huh?” Skizz pokes his head up from behind their little clump of chests, his wing flared out in surprise. “What happened?”
Tango clutches his pounding heart. “Did you- did you say something, Skizz?” he asks breathlessly.
“What, just now? No?” Skizz frowns, then his eyes widen. “Oh, wait, I get it…” He chuckles. “Very funny dude, but uh, you can drop the ‘imaginary friend’ thing now.”
Burn him. Kill him.
There it is again. “No, I’m not…” Tango hesitates, glancing around warily. “You seriously can’t hear that?”
Join us. Burn it. Eat it all.
Now Skizz looks a little concerned, rising to his feet. “Uh- no? What?” He takes a few steps towards Tango, holding out a hand. “You okay, buddy?”
Tango rakes his claws through his hair. “Th- the whispering, the…” Swallowing, he creeps a bit closer to Skizz- and as he does so, he happens to move closer to a random torch. The voice gets louder.
Free us. Join us. Let it all burn.
There’s a chunk of solid ice in Tango’s stomach. “I think it’s coming from the torches,” he whispers.
Skizz stares at him for a moment before he sighs bemusedly, shaking his head. “Oh, brother. You’ve been talking to yourself all session, dude, I think you’re starting to hear things.” He claps a hand on Tango’s shoulder. “Get some rest, buddy, and I’ll see you back here next week, alright?”
Skizz doesn’t hear it. Tango makes himself laugh. “Right, yeah. You’re right. See ya.”
With a parting smile, Skizz logs off.
Tango waits. Soon enough, the voice returns. The whispering is now a chant, a dull roar echoing in his skull.
He’s gone. Burn it. Burn it all. Sets us free, let us spread. Join us. Burn it. Eat it all.
Tango’s heart is in his throat. He can see it, in his mind’s eye; the soft pink cherry blossoms engulfed in flame, a ring of smoke outlining the entire island… his inner fire thrums with want, with need.
Yes, yes, burn it all…
The smell of burning snaps him out of his trance. His clawed fingertips are pinching a cherry blossom from a low-hanging branch, a trail of smoke rising between them. Wait, when did he walk over to the tree? Quickly plucking the flower, he incinerates it in his clenched fist, the flame extinguished as soon as it’d ignited.
And now he’s got a handful of ash. Great.
Okay, that’s it- he’s gotta get off this crazy server. It’s all these stupid tasks! They’re totally messing with his head. The secrecy, the deception, the mind games- he just needs a break. He needs to go back to something familiar, some place where things make sense.
Tapping his communicator, he brings up a portal.
Tango steps through it into Hermitcraft, into blue flames and his dungeon master’s robes. He blinks, acclimating to the change of light. He’s in the underbelly of Decked Out 2, of course- most of his time this week has been spent working on the redstone for level four. And over the months, he’s taken care to light everything up (because a single creeper in the skadoodler could derail his entire operation here) so there are torches everywhere…
And he hears nothing.
Just the idle sounds of the dungeon above him. The occasional warden sniff or ravager growl, bats squeaking in the dark. A slime slapping against stone somewhere in the distance. He can even hear the ambient flickering of the countless torches around him, but no freaky voices accompany it.
Tango exhales heavily. It was just the Secret Life server messing with his head, after all. Relieved, he ignites a rocket to take off, whirling through the air in the tight hair-pin turns required to escape from the dungeon’s inner workings. He swoops into his storage room and dives into the bubble-vator, arriving swiftly back in the citadel.
Hopping off the platform and into the air, Tango glides toward his private entrance to the lobby. He needs to go cover up the barrel at the start so he can make a couple changes to the dungeon. Nothing major, maybe just an extra warden or two. Ideas for names are already flashing through his mind. Debating whether to go intimidating or silly, he’s so deep in thought as he passes through the lobby that he almost doesn’t notice it at first. But as he walks past the soul flames, he hears it.
The flicker of a familiar voice- though more haunting, now, almost mournful- whispering in his ears.
Join us. Burn them. Eat them all.
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#secret life smp#life series smp#tango tek#tw intrusive thoughts#kinda??? at least it might feel similar so just in case#ANYWAY. HOW WE FEELIN ABT EP 3#i’ve actually managed to watch a couple in between cramming for this exam#and lemme just say. as a blaze!tango enjoyer… torchy was very interesting to me#for the record this isn’t HTP tango#i don’t picture him as having this same ability#this was just a fun musing#like what if torchy awakened tango’s ability to speak to fire#my writing
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When Will is at his lowest darkest place, does a small part of him contemplate the allure of a lobotomy? He is horrified at the idea, of course. To lose himself so completely, to more than likely be reduced to a vegetative state, but at least his mind would go quiet.
He has mixed feelings about Florence and how Hannibal had planned on eating his brain.
It doesn't happen often, but the idea lingers like a bad odor when they do come. He hates that he has these thoughts, intrusive as they are, but the more time he spends with Hannibal, they visit less and less.
#he likely tells Hannibal at some point#he doesn't want it to happen#but it is his version of the call of the abyss#intrusive thoughts#will graham#hannibal lecter#hannigram#musings#tw: lobotomy#does this count as self harm?#shut up j#tw: medical#this is brought to you by#a podcast episode talking about said procedure
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also regarding bday mail, in terms of what the traveller knows about alhaitham, alhaitham thinks he’s really suave and that he never namedrops kaveh, even though he’s done it three times, but since they’re his inadvertent big gay musings he couldnt store in his head, he probably assumes no one notices them? So he wouldn’t mention kaveh since he probably thinks he hasn’t done so when the other hasn’t even been present…..
#haikaveh#kavehtham#yes i’m running with the canon fact that alhaitham muses aloud when reading#and also the canon that he says particularly intrusive thoughts aloud like in the archon quest#i think it’s hilarious to think that alhaitham thinks he keeps divisions of his lives separate#As in the level of personal he is with the traveler vs kaveh#But in actuality he’s entirely obvious#i love living with this constant pain!!!
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tw : death, death of a loved one, drowning mentions, depictions of intrusive thoughts, depictions of anxiety & a whole lot of needless melodrama.
the evidence of the ocean’s affair with the cliff is obvious: sea foam speckles the sharp gray stones, which are crusted with seaweed and creatures that brace themselves as the waves crash over them. rohan can feel the cool mist spray in his face as water meets bluff and he crouches at the edge; the vertigo isn’t much better the second time, and the mid-morning drizzle soaks through the thin material of his sweater.
he plants his palm against the slick grass below him, steadying himself against the wind.
there are other options. he could take up running; or one of those crafty hobbies that require the use of fine motor skills, like model ships. there is therapy, or calling a friend. surely someone in his life would’ve understood the anxiety that’s bubbling under his skin before he dug his nails in to tear it out himself.
but rohan wants to be alone right now. the people who surround him are part of the problem. keeping up with them has exhausted his well of emotional energy. for years he’s lived separate from the rest of the world rather than risk coming face to face with his grief, one small boat in the wide ocean. chile has cloaked him with a second chance for companionship. one that he didn’t ask for. one that rohan thinks he doesn’t want.
he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
don’t they know he doesn’t know what he’s doing ?
… will he forget the sound of their voices, too ?
he’s not a social person. he’s tired. he’s overwhelmed. he feels guilty, and he’s full of unreasonable fears and expectations that he put there himself. he insists he’s fine and he’s not lonely even though it isn’t true; he’s been surrounded by people most of his life, and only recently found himself placed in the self-inflicted isolation that’s been gnawing at his already fragile mental state.
but he’s not ready to accept his grief yet. if he accepts it then it’s real. every bad thought he’s had is true. he doesn’t want to answer anymore questions.
�� and then there’s his dad.
it shouldn’t matter, it’s his dad.
a little warning would’ve been nice.
a little warning would’ve made no difference.
he’s struggling with the odysseus and the winter weather that’s wreaking havoc on her old bones, marooning her to shore for as long as it takes him to fix it. and the big red circle marring the august page of his calendar, and all the feelings he never unpacked about the accident── which seem to be closer to the surface this year than they have over the last half-decade, about his dead sister, about his living one, about the state of their family
he’s been trapped in storms, on land, with people and no escape for over a month. yes, he wants to do this alone. he thinks that will make things better. rohan feels claustrophobic, and it’s making his head spin. it’s making him stupid. it’s making him impulsive.
anything to turn it off.
he takes a deep breath as he stands up, exhaling shakily. his hands comb back through his hair and it sticks against his forehead, the back of his neck, wet and icy and dripping down his spine. he reassures his nerves: last time they made it out unscathed. last time he had javi to worry about, too── those excruciating few seconds between when his friend jumped and when he hit the water, when rohan’s anxious heart stopped beating entirely. it’s proof of what he thinks about his independence. he will be fine because there’s nobody else here to fret over. there’s also nobody else here to care if something goes wrong.
they’re going to die too. all of them. then what ?
can’t survive that again── can’t mourn everybody── can’t even properly mourn people he’s already lost. gotta find a way around it.
“ why won’t you come home ? “
vicious thoughts and voices rattle around inside his head like an orchestra that’s out of tune, and none of the musicians will stop for air. he can’t focus. he’s irritable. he feels like he hasn’t slept in days. he wants them quiet and he knows he can drown them, even if just for a minute.
“ ──so tired of begging you to come to us. “
he’s a bad son.
he’s a bad person.
maybe he’s doing it on purpose.
he should have known after five years the half-assed excuses and last minute cancellations would catch up with him. he didn’t think it would be now. he isn’t ready. the mistakes he’s made still dangle in front of him while he’s fixed in place. over and over, in emotional purgatory, he watches the replay. he can’t change the past, and yet it haunts him all the same.
the worst part is he can’t shut it off. normally he shuts it off. it’s not working this time.
he doesn’t want him here. not yet. not now. not ever.
“ i should get to be a part of the new life you’ve built. “
. . .please don’t say it like that──
it’s his dad, who still remembers to call every sunday even though rohan rarely remembers to pick up. his dad, who always leaves a voicemail asking him to call him back. his dad who, in the most recent picture he’s seen, has more grey hair and wrinkles than when rohan saw him last.
rohan misses him. he wants to see him again. he wants to see his sister, too, though he thinks that metaphorical ship has sailed.
they’re still going to die.
it’s inevitable──
──and then what ?
. . .
then what, rohan ?
can’t do it, not again. . .
he drags his palms across his damp face, blinking condensation from his eyelashes. the harsh wind tears at his skin and clothes despite the relative calmness of the water below. he’s desperate for that serenity. once he breaks the surface and disappears under the still, dark water, everything will be silent. right now it’s unbearably loud. he can’t think. he needs to think.
. . . but what if he’s wasting valuable time ?
── . . . what if he’s wasted the last five years ?
what if he didn’t have to be so lonely ?
with shaky hands, he drags his sweater over his head. rohan discards it, and wherever it ends up, he’s not present enough to pay attention. jumping into the water won’t stop his father from boarding a plane in a few weeks, but that doesn’t matter. all rohan wants is for everything to be quiet, just for a second, just so he can relax, because he can never relax, not when everything is pressing in on him on all sides.
his dad’s old.
they only have so much time, and maybe he’s wasted it
for nothing
because he’s immature. he’s selfish. he couldn’t step away from his own pain
──leave it.
he shuffles backwards. the ground is soaked through, much like him, and he prays he doesn’t slip. he’ll deal with everything afterwards. once he can think clearly again, it will be easier.
before he can reconsider, rohan throws his scrawny figure with as much force as he can over the edge, plummeting towards the tranquil ocean.
. . .
. . .
. . .
the fall feels longer this time. it happens in slow motion, his heart in his throat. he’s suspended in mid-air── is this it ? is everything over ?── and then he crashes into the water.
. . .
. . .
he can’t move. his arms and legs won’t listen. his body needs a moment to recover from the fall. he floats motionlessly, heart pounding, eyes screwed shut, lungs screaming.
. . .
time works different down here. all he knows is numb and dark, and the ocean is vast and unfeeling and it wraps him in a familiar comfort. it seeps into his bones, and the bitter, winter cold makes him feel lethargic. something gently tries to pull him under, yanking at his heavy clothes, it’s siren song encouraging him not to resist it.
. . .
. . .
. . .
he likes the feeling of brushing up right next to it, likes that it brings him closer to the peace he craves so badly, but rohan doesn’t want to die. drowning terrifies him. it’s the end of the story, and he’s been running from his fear of the reaper since he first came into contact with it almost six years ago. the tide pushes him, and the opportunity presents itself to let go, but no matter how tempting it is to sink to the bottom and let the scavengers have their way with what’s left of him, he fights it without thought.
. . .
. . .
when he regains control of his arms, rohan claws his way to the surface, and inhales air and salt water with a sputtering cough when he breaks the waves. the cold has drained him entirely; his teeth chatter and limbs tremble with each movement, but it worked.
moving on autopilot, he works with the ebb of the current to carry his wiry frame back to shore.
. . .
. . .
it’s quiet.
his head feels clearer as he presses a towel against his face. his heart pounds violently inside his ribcage and his muscles ache from the cold and the impact from the water and none of it feels good, but the physical sensations are a welcome interruption from his catastrophizing.
he scans over his thoughts like one might pick through the wreckage of a burnt building: he looks for salvageable pieces of the mess, ideas that make sense. rohan takes inventory of what’s left as the panic starts to subside.
. . .
. . .
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it's easier now to stamp out things he doesn't want to think about. when an anxious thought starts to pop up, he focuses instead about the cool air that singes his throat with each uneven inhale, and the material of his shirt freezing to his skin. the distraction of discomfort is a relief, and he uses it to seal off his well of emotions instead of looking at what's left rotting there, untouched for years.
his movements are robotic and hurried as he pulls on dry, warm clothes; muttering about how it’s fucking cold and that really fucking hurt and who’s fucking idea was that anyway ? oh yeah, yours, dumbass. when finally, he’s able to get a deep breath, tension melts from his shoulders. rohan does it again, and again, savouring the momentary control he has over his own thoughts── an occurrence so rare, he doesn’t want to give it up.
afterwards. he’ll deal with everything afterwards.
#ok leaving this alone now even thought i hate being perceived so badly aaah mortifying ordeal of being known & all that#rohan kaur : musings#death tw#death of a loved one tw#anxiety tw#intrusive thoughts tw#drowning tw#tw death#tw death of a loved one#tw anxiety#tw intrusive thoughts#tw drowning#the way tws always make something sound more dramatic than it is eye──
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Try as he might, Copperhead can never let go of his dark nature. His bloodline is one that has been in service to the ancient deity Nehebkau from the days of Early Egypt with many of his ancestors having become prominent murderers throughout the course of history. Nehebkau's influence in a person's bloodline makes one more inclined to evil thoughts and impulses, each and every intrusive thought struggling to become reality. It is through immense self-restraint and meditation that Copperhead tries to keep his kill count to a minimum, restricting his deeds through contracts and, through careful scrutinization, preferring to kill only those who have become criminals in their own right.
#🐍 || headcanons#🐍 || musings#Talking to Holly just now reminded me of this headcanon and I don't think I ever wrote it down?#Copperhead has it BAD#He often gets intrusive thoughts and feelings#Nehebkau's Will pushing him to do nefarious deeds what with being a demonic entity#It'll be the same with any children he has#Nehebkau's influence will taint them too and make them more likely to become criminals and wrongdoers#Now Copperhead isn't aware of any of this but feels those horrible feelings a lot#Especially after his childhood and teen years#So he does a lot of meditation and focusing on caring for his snakes#Ain't nothing quite like looking at a perfect stranger and wanting to rip them to pieces for no good reason#So Copperhead works hard af to keep those impulses in check#Certain things can alleviate those impulses but the need to murder cannot be silenced#RISING FROM THE ASHES NOW I HAVE SOME DAYS OFF YAHHH
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Let the spiders hit the floor
Let the spiders hit the floor
Let the spiders hit the floor
LET THE SPIDERS HIT THE *spider lands on my face*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
#random thoughts#funny#tw spiders#i feel like i was temporarily possessed by the muse of spiders georg#intrusive thoughts be like#humor#funny post
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The madness:
Lord better Bless this mess…😅
#me talking to the muse#or intrusive thoughts#to be fair both#both work when writing#writing#writer life#writer madness#crazy writer
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saw someone argue that writing about child abuse was wrong and anyone who did or even read about it ‘secretly liked it’ because why else would they think about it that much? and then go on to say you can’t argue that the book is fiction because ‘child abuse is real’ and… like in that case almost nothing would be fiction. theft exists so reading robin hood is a crime* etc.
a fictional story is ‘real’ because the topics are real. i would love to bring that up in one of my classes ngl. what at that point would define fictionality?
this post brought to you by Insomnia
*not that i think theft is necessarily wrong but that’s not the point of this post
#also you’d think someone who claimed to be a social worker#would understand the importance of#fiction used to discuss difficult topics#but like#calling yourself an expert on human psychology#as it relates to creation and consumption of fiction#bc you’re a social worker#is not that bright in and of itself#she also said that watching like slasher horror#was indicitive of wanting to enact real life violence#which like can’t use myself as a case example there#but many many horror fans have no interest in brutal violence#it sounds funny#but i do worry about what the thought crimes hysteria#will do towards people with intrusive thoughts#or harm/pedophilic/etc ocd#and other related#about writing#txt#musings
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i was about to post something like "the worse he is emotionally the more he isolates" before realizing ep 80 exists and it's already a thing. fox and the grapes. the more desperate for approval and attention and human connection and UNDERSTANDING he is the more he doubles down and detaches and convinces himself he can give himself all he wants already
pics related
#keroro#musing#all my fav characters share this trait it's pretty troubling#he feels misunderstood thus isolated (''no one understands'') n it hurts so much he convinces himself he doesnt NEED them to understand him#doesnt need them at all. he can thrive on his own.#obviously thats not true but unless u know this specific trigger intimately u wont know how it is#headcanon that he has frequent intrusive thoughts about nobody loving him tbh
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Not to be weird , but I kinda' want to beat the stuffing out of someone today .
#- ; EILEEN NO THOSE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS AREN'T MEANT TO BE HEARD#- ; IC#- ; { MUSE STATUS }#- ; { OPEN }
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something incredibly funny when different members in front "load" into different art styles.
vibes alone, which one of us in front do you think is actually way more of a depression symptom holder?
(it's me, i'm symptoms georg, and i find this so fucking funny)
literally earlier like "//has a really bad depressive thought//" from lil ol' me stuck in the goofy chibi style i use for shitpost comics and doodles and. fuckin. apo next door in naochika morishita's incredibly intense painted style just like "you okay bud? maybe try thinking about something else for a change."
-sky
#systuff#sky#apomon#musings#wildest shit ever finding out that apo is an emotional container#makes sense i guess considering i tripped and fell headfirst into becoming host again in feb#and like the massive amount of change that was for me was a LOT#(like i hadn't been out regularly since 2016 at the latest)#so someone has to be around to be able to remind me to like. not let the Horrors(tm) [intrusive depressive thoughts] plant down in headspac#man i love being plural#sometimes you just get silly experiences like this#-sky
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remind me to talk about how i write junko in ttlt and how her analysis ability functions in terms of my concepts of God and predestination vs. free will and also how she is absolutely not a fallen messianic figure and the remnants are not her disciples but also junko maybe definitely did start a cult that may have seen her as a messianic figure.
#musings#bandit writes fic#dr1 end rewrite fic#i keep having this conversation with myself actually#and the thing is that junko is both human and fallible#junko cannot 100% of the time accurately predict everything at all times#because she does not have the full dataset#she does not know every single person throughout the planet 100% completely#she's pretty good at guessing#and the better she knows someone the more accurately she can predict#like - it's not the same#because God also lives outside of space and time so like#has the full view of all the things anyway#so like this is a shorter version of that conversation actually#but every now and again my intrusive thoughts are like 'are you writing junko....'#and i have to 'no i'm not that's not really what's happening'#anyway....
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extract from my journal #3
2nd april 2024
I get intrusive thoughts. Violent ones, when things don't go my way. I don't want to be a bad person. I'd never act on these thoughts I know but they still scare me. I hate my mind.
#life#writing#journalling#journal#diary#diary entry#dear diary#extract from my journal#intrusive thoughts#mental health#am i mentally ill?#musings from thy truly#mithi's own
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Me: *de-scaling fish*
Me: *thinks about how scales either go one way or another*
My brain: Do you think fish discriminate against other fish over which way they're scaled like people discriminate against left-handed people?
Me: *starts thinking about possible schoolyard taunts like backie (leftie but backward scaled)*
Me: *thinks about how people used to think left-handed people are possessed by the devil*
Me: *thinks of disdainful gossip by fish mothers' about a backward-scaled fish*
Me: *thinks about increasingly fearful gossip about said fish*
Me: *has now created a story of a backward-scaled fish that took the comments to heart and took over their fish town, and then maybe the world*
My brain: Or maybe they have different tribes of forward and backward scaled fish
Me: *starts thinking about how they would fight and both sides would think that theirs is the right, "forward" way to scale and the other side is "backwards"*
#fish#fish related musings#fish spiralling#story prompt#fic prompt#both ideas are up for adoption lol#intrusive thoughts#maybe?#intrusive ideation#ft that one meme about your brain saying sth just as you're falling asleep
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as much as I love relating byan to a stray cat or a crow, I think their spirit animal would more likely be like. a racoon.
#scruffy rowdy mischievous lil thief#knocks over ur trash cans & steals ur food#yeAH it's 5am & I'm having intrusive muse thoughts again what's new#━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ shitpost ⋮ bold of you to assume i've reached peak dumbass.
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