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How to cope with intrusive thoughts about your child

I keep having intrusive thoughts about hurting my baby and I love her so much but I'm terrified that having these thoughts means I'm a bad mother.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's capacity to generate unwanted thoughts often torments those whose hearts are most committed to love.

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