Is it normal to get pleasure from being robbed?

Everyone has a fetish.

Suicidal tendencies or the adrenaline rush?

If it has made you afraid to be in public, then it doesn’t sound like you derived pleasure from it.

I don’t think it was about pleasure, it was about having the right reaction at the right time with a gun-toting idiot. I think you had a rush of adrenaline which, rather than pump you up, calmed you down.

It is a good thing that you did not verbally express your thoughts. I read somewhere that criminals are more likely to shoot if you sarcastically say something like, “Yeah, go ahead and shoot me.”

Umm…no? But I guess it’s good for you since you’re not traumatized

No, it’s not normal. I would consider that an inappropriate response (from a mental health perspective).

I think it is sad that you thought that. I always imagined that would be thoughts if that happened to me, but probably if it did I would be absolutely petrified.

No, I don’t think it is normal. Was it the actual experience you enjoyed or the fact that it enabled you to claim disability and not have to work?

I don’t think that it was pleasure, however adrenaline rush is the same as having sex.
An adrenaline rush is the fight or flight response of the adrenal gland, in which it releases adrenaline (epinephrine). When releasing adrenaline, one’s body releases dopamine and endorphin which can act as a natural pain killers. An adrenaline rush causes the muscles to perform respiration at an increased rate improving strength. It also works with the nervous system to interpret impulses that trigger selective glands.
Perhaps you like the adrenaline rush only, of course.

As others said, the adrenal/endorphin high is a big factor.

I get a rush from tense, critical situations too.

We had a bomb threat in my hospital and I got called in through the crisis response tree to very quickly evacuate patients from the affected building and set up an emergency satellite pharmacy for patient care.

It got me so pumped up that I barely realized how much running I was doing. It was a matter of get the directive, understand it, ACT immediately!

When it was over, my first conscious thought was “Damn! That was fun!” Followed by “Is it weird that I thought that?”

Some people “need” their pain I suppose.

What did being robbed have to do with being on assured income and handicapped? Did I miss something?

Perhaps you were depressed before the event, hence the thinking of ‘Go ahead pull the trigger I need the time off’. I am curious as to why you claimed disability a year later. Did the depression worsen? If so I don’t think you did experience pleasure.

@LornaLove everything hurt and I was pushing myself just to get out of the shower….suicide seemed like a good idea.. all I had left was television and my mom.

Being robbed has caused this, How?

@cheebdragon I’ve lived a partially sheltered life… I kept the robbery a secret for 12 years… I saw myself as a vigilante superhero… who had to keep his secret identity. So I never got help and I lived a double life…I strained to keep my own secrets… I was committed for 5 months for punching a brick wall and refusing to have a cast put on my hand. I just got out two months ago. Like the big bang theory I was one lab accident from being a super villain.

I’m sorry you are going through that, I’m not a professional, but I think the problems go way beyond the robbery alone. Nothing was stolen during the robbery? No security cameras? Why would you feel like you couldn’t mention it to anyone? For 12 years?
I feel like there is a huge part of the story being left out here.

@cheebdragon Yes I got a thrill and the girl he was with was as attractive as the black widow from the Avengers movie I got a thrill from being in a secret other world of superhero’s and supervillians… I was attracted to the woman and I wanted to see her again…. so I didn’t call the cops and I told the guy with the gun how to get out of town without getting caught. I wanted to be a supervillian too. When I was a child I was in a gang and we punched other gangs and threw rocks and shingles.

Yeah, the robbery was non consequential.

There is a movie like this, ill try to find the name of it for you but it is so fucking similar to your story.

@cheebdragon sure thanks… I would like the name of the video too.

It’s called Super the plot is different in a lot of ways, but I think the psychosis is pretty much the same. Watch it, you can probably find it on projectfree.tv, and let me know if it fits how you feel.

You have more than just your mom & your TV, you also have fluther…..even if we are mostly rude, often brutally honest, occasional grammar nazis with fierce political views, and know-it-all-attitudes.

@talljasperman
You did not mention that fact that at the time you were stressed from working 28 days straight!
Hense the feeling of wanting to get it over with when an “out“presented itself.
Fortunately your rational thinking pulled you through OK.
We have all felt like that at times too.
But you are much better after giving up that draining lifestyle of all work and no play.
Now you are healthier and looking after yourself better right?

I’m crying. It’s normal. I thought that once. I had suicidal thoughts, but I couldnt help it.