In the article, “Wicked Thoughts”, by Jena Pincott, published in Psychology Today, Pincott describes how common and normal it is to have these disturbing, abnormal, and “wicked” thoughts. These thoughts were categorized into 5 divisions; morbid, creepy thoughts, sexually perverse thoughts, prejudiced thoughts, schadenfreude, and violent, murderous thoughts. An opening example of a common wicked thought was “we value our lives and those of others but still have the fleeting impulse to drive the car off the bridge” (Pincott 1). After many discomforting and fascinating examples for each of these categories, the psychologists that researched certain aspects of wicked thoughts came up with many remedies to help stop these dangerous thoughts. This
