A Taxonomy of Distorted Thoughts

The mutilation or dissolution of one’s body
The commission of violence against oneself
The commission of violence against another
The emission from one’s body of noxious horrifying or impossible substances
The expansion of a limb or other member to shocking dimensions
The expansion of an ordinary space into looming or terrifying dimensions
The assault upon one’s person by myriads of small or large creatures
The conversion of part of one’s body into vegetable or mineral matter
The invasion of one’s body by large parasites
The expectation that another will respond irrationally to one’s own innocuous action
The expectation that another will take advantage of one’s self-deprecating remark
The explosion of one’s body when its internal pressure exceeds external pressure
The imputation of hostile intent to an innocent other
The deflation of one’s face
The recurrence in memory of some trauma
The enlistment of a unique person in some malevolent or disgraceful group
The conviction that one is in the unconquerable grip of a conscious but morally agnostic power
The conviction that one is threatened by an indistinct figure of graceful menace
The conviction that one’s body is collapsing under the harsh gravitation of Jupiter
The conviction that one’s avocations are harmful or deadly
The conviction that one’s existence is harmful

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