Unhinged intrusive thoughts as a mother

[Beastlybeautiful]

There’s a woman writing a book about motherhood and she describes having unhinged thoughts about her 3 year old daughter in a weird way. She said the thoughts made her sick to her stomach, but one of the thoughts where of her daughter in a sexual manner. She said she doesn’t allow these thoughts to take over her completely but makes her want to protect her daughter even more from the harsh world. Is this normal? . I’ve never personally experienced thoughts to such a large degree but have had thoughts such as, what would happen if a bus hit them etc. stuff like that fills me with anxiety if I’m being honest. Sometimes I wish I could protect my kids from everything.

I think everybody occasionally has weird thoughts. You can't control what pops into your brain, just as you can't control what you dream about - that's normal. Abnormal is when you actually act upon whatever weird/random thoughts you have, or think they're in some way real/true or something.

It is not unhinged to worry about bad stuff happening. But you should keep it in perspective and realise when it's irrational to worry too much.

My mother told me she never worried about flying before, but after I was born she became really terrified of flying.