Why do people occasionally have intrusive thoughts like “jump” when up high or “swerve into traffic” when driving?

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It seems like enough people share this experience that it’s pretty normal, but why? It seems completely contrary to survival as a species.

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The brains job is to present options. Then it votes, more or less to use a bad metaphor, on which option is most viable.

Intrusive thoughts are just those options.

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