eli5 is there a scientific explanation or reason for intrusive thoughts or call of the void

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Why do we have these thoughts, like driving down the road and just feel like swearing or being High up and feel like jumping down

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Vsauce did a video on this a while ago. From what I remember – when standing at a cliff, two parts of your brain are conflicting: One part wants you to pull back out of danger, while another part realizes that you aren’t in any immediate danger. Your brain resolves this by making up something like you intended to jump or push someone.

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