Diversional Thoughts.

Meaning: Thoughts that are used to distract/entertain, especially when one is stressed. Whether or not one actually wants to act upon them is irrelevant (the want to do something also doesn’t automatically equal doing that thing).

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“Intrusive thought” as a term doesn’t fully capture my experiences so I wanted to coin this. The reason I say that is because them being ‘inherently distressing’ doesn’t apply to me.