In regards to fantasies of murder:
Do you ever dream about it?
Do you wake up wanting to kill?
Does it come through when you're angry mostly?
Or are these feelings.. or urges, more or less always present?
I do dream about murder, but rarely. Most of my dreams are usually non-violent (and boring), surprisingly, since I think about murder so often when I'm awake. I just put it down to lack of imagination.
I don't normally wake up and immediately start wanting to kill people. Those thoughts don't usually occur until I'm well awake and when I'm either feeling a lot of aggression (generally due to frustration) or I have a someone in mind who I want to kill.
I don't often feel anger when I want to kill someone. I don't usually feel much of anything. I just feel neutral usually. I might feel a mild sense of excitement when I'm thinking about murder while I'm in the presence of the person I want to kill, but that really depends on the potential victim and the situation.
I think about murder a lot, but I wouldn't the say the urge to kill is always present. I only get the urges when I fantasize and I don't always fantasize about murder. The fantasies only start when I have a potential victim in my sights.
And then:
How do you cope with these urges?
Have you tried many methods, such as using substances, substitution for other behavior, suppression, expression, etc?
The urges are only really a problem when they're very strong because I find it much harder to control myself then. I have acted on them in the past, so I know how easy it is to lose control.
When I'm feeling very aggressive I tend to release it on a boxing bag. That only has a mild affect, but at least it helps a little bit.
I don't use substances to control my aggression because certain types can make it worse. I prefer to keep a clear head when I'm feeling aggressive and violent because then I have better control over my actions.