A Non-Exhaustive List of Intrusive Thoughts I’ve Had

A sampling of ways in which OCD hijacks my brain

Carl Kinsella
Nov 6 · 7 min read
Photo: Rika Hayashi/Getty Images

II once saw myself extracting hypothetically contaminated blood from my own veins and injecting it into a lemon drizzle cake in order to poison an office full of people.

I saw it in my mind, just so we’re clear. I was pretty sure it hadn’t actually happened, but that…

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