One of the good things about worshipping the god of madness is that I often have intrusive thoughts about him and some of the other gods, but I know that he knows that's all they are, and I won't be judged or punished for it.
I can't tell you how many times an unwanted crude or sexual image has flashed into my mind, or a thought of defiance and disrespect and I've gone, "That was an intrusive thought, I'm sorry," but there was never a feeling of disappointment from him, it always felt understanding.
It feels like, yeah, he's been around for thousands of years, he's seen mental illness, he's relieved it, he's inflicted it, he's felt and experienced it, he knows that intrusive thoughts aren't wanted or controlled, and he knows that they go directly against your morality.
Part of why I'm writing this is not only to document my experience with Dionysus, but it's also for others who may be in the same anxious boat.
No, the gods are not mad at you for thoughts you cannot control, no matter how bad they are, because they know you can't control them. They have been around long enough, and they are wise enough to understand intention. And I also need more people to understand that they aren't looking into your mind 24/7, they see what you allow them to see or directly send to them, plus they just have their own lives to go about and duties to attend to
And if you feel you may have "accidentally sent them an intrusive thought," don't worry about it, because like I said, they are wise and understand intention. If you did not mean the thought, they will know. They've been watching over humans for as long as humans have been around to be watched, they've seen it all.
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