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strangestcase · 1 year

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Jekyll and Hyde isn’t a case of intrusive thoughts

Guys. Guys. I know your hobby is to misconstrue what intrusive thoughts are, but Hyde doesn’t represent intrusive thoughts. At all.

CW: mentions of physical and sexual violence under the cut

Intrusive thoughts are the voice in your head that says: listen to what I have to say. Rape your mother. Kill your best friend. Harass that stranger. Molest your child. Strangle your partner. Grab that knife and cut your genitals with it.

And you hurt. Those are such horrible things. You could never, ever do that, but you’re disgusted that the thought would cross your brain.

Disgusted, aren’t you? You are such a horrible person for listening to me. You are disgusting. You don’t want to hurt others or yourself. That’s terrible. But you can’t help it- your brain is spitting the worst things it can think of at yourself, with the purpose of being miserable. Nothing in this world could ever make you do the things that voice tells you to- even if the voice sounds convincing, even if you think, even for a moment, you’d enjoy it, and even if you let it linger and fantasize before snapping back to reality and finally think, with a sinking feeling, God, I’m such a fucking piece of shit.

You don’t want to be that!

But of course, there are other voices in your head. Everybody has them. One of them is called Temptation, and oh god, Intrusive Thoughts does a damn good job pretending to be them. Temptation says: hey, wouldn’t it be great if you could eat whatever you wanted? Do you want to eat sweets right now even if you know you shouldn’t? And you do. You agree. But you can’t, sadly. There are rules. But, it says, wouldn’t it be great if you could insult your boss? Go and insult your boss! And yeah, you want to do that, but of course you can’t do that. Hey, go and do something dumb and reckless! You think that “something” is fun, but it’s dangerous. Hmmm, I’ll sleep on it. Maybe another day, maybe never. Don’t you want to be a little shit sometimes? Well, yes. But I have a job! I have friends and family that will say that’s wrong! And I can’t do wrong things, can’t I?

The instant you can, you will think about it. And that voice will pipe up and you will think about it again. This time I’m alone in the kitchen and I have poor impulse control- I might as well eat sweets. And my boss isn’t on Tumblr, so I will make a post calling him a big crock of shit there, where he can’t see me! See? Doesn’t it feel great to do what you want? Yes, yes, you agree. It’s so sad you can’t do that all the time, though.

Hyde is not that first voice. He’s the second. Jekyll would LOVE to be a violent piece of shit all the time. Even if he doesn’t realize. Maybe you, too, would like that. That doesn’t matter- he does. If Jekyll didn’t have to care about his reputation, or other people, he sure as hell wouldn’t blink if he trampled a girl. He doesn’t care- under the effects of the drug, he just can’t care. And it’s enjoyable, honestly.

Hyde can’t be intrusive thoughts because, here is the key: you can’t indulge in intrusive in intrusive thoughts. You can’t indulge in intrusive thoughts the same way you can’t indulge in a nice relaxing bath of poison-coated red hot razor blades and live scorpions. You don’t enjoy them. You don’t let them in. They are someone else, someone that wants you to suffer, a trick of your anxious brain that is constantly firing off the alarms but needs to have a good excuse first.

Rant the fuck over.

Signed: someone who has violent and sexual intrusive thoughts and doesn’t appreciate it when people go “wow! this fictional monster is you if your anxiety disorder was right!”

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imbadatnicknames1 · 4 years

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So there's this thing called the Sex Offender Shuffle and my friend and I spent most of the day a couple days ago working on a Jekyll and Hyde version. I changed a lot of things around in some 'verses' and in others I just changed around a few words. (But Lanyon and Poole's verses do be kinda sad tho)

I call it the Hyde Offender Shuffle:

(Newcomen) [As a resident of London it is your right to know the names and likenesses of these people associated with a criminal who have lived in your area. As a public service, we've created this motion picture, so that you and your friends and family can stay aware, stay safe and maybe even have a little fun. Enjoy.]

The City of London has asked us to

Disclose our horrid accounts to you

We were good, but now we're dead

It's time to say what was

Aforesaid

You know we're trying our best to be

Disfunctioning members of society

Now we're here to start some trouble

We're legally required to do the Hyde offender shuffle

I'm Henry Jekyll and I'll refrain

From drinking my impure potion again

What I did was not too kind

But I'm a nice man, you'll come to find

I've got a backyard and a really fine cabinet

Come to dinner with a philanthropist

We could have some wine on the side

But do keep in mind, I created Hyde

Danvers Carew is my name

My brutal assault is what brought me fame

But there's much more to know about me

I'm a member of parliament , and I'm renowned for my piety

I walk and trod on through the streets

But then my skull and a walking stick meet

Now all I am is a rotting cadaver

And ever since then I've been a Hyde offender

I'm Hastie Lanyon, victim of a silent crime

I've been lied to multiple times

I know it sounds rude, that I would heckle

A man by the name of Henry Jekyll

But I feel ill, I've had a shock

I might forgive him, but probably not

I'm not here to suffer his consequences

I'm dying thanks to Hyde's offenses

I'm Mr. Guest, I'm number one

Analyzing writings for Utterson

In case you're wondering what it was

He gave me a letter to inspect because

He wanted an answer that did not befuddle

But it seemed my conclusion gave him more thoughts of trouble

But as any gentleman, I'm not here to cause a scuffle

I'm just here to do the Hyde offender shuffle

Hello gentleman, I am a maid

And has seen the epitome of innocence be slayed

And by that, I refer something rotten

Do I remember? Yes, but I'd rather it be forgotten.

I watched a devil commit a crime that staggers all

I can still see the victim's body on the ground, sprawled

How I miss those days before, full of such tender

But apparently now I'm a Hyde offender

Last name Enfield, first name Richard

I should have figured

My long tongue would cause my kinsman trouble

Queer Street must always cause quite the muddle

However it's because of a trampled child of the female gender

That I became a Hyde offender

I'm the one they call Mr. Poole, the butler of this fine place

I've seen my master with a different face

I was so frightened and grim

That I defied what he had wished, but it was not 'him'

What was in his cabinet was not my master

In his place was a man of much smaller stature and was quite a bit faster

So we broke down the door, me and the lawyer

I'm here because we found Hyde inside, the self-destroyer

[(Utterson) Okay just listen, I-I'm just trying to help my friend, okay? I thought Hyde was blackmailing Jekyll and/or he knew about the will and was getting impatient so-]

I'm not here to talk about a will

I'm just here to say that Hyde can kill

The City of London has asked us to

Disclose our horrid accounts to you

We were good, but now we're dead

It's time to say what was

Aforesaid

We're obliged to admit

The fates of which we were condemned

Now we're here to start some trouble

We're legally required to do the Hyde

offender shuffle

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