Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Study Reveals New Fathers Struggle With Obsessional Thoughts Too

Tuesday, September 02, 2003

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Categories of obsessional thought new parents may have
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Thoughts like these are a normal part of human experience.
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Problem comes when thoughts are frequent or incapacitating
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People who are afraid of or disgusted by these thoughts are not going to act of them; those who acutally hurt children dwell on the thoughts and are not bothered by them.
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Saying "don't think about it" only increases the problem.
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Eventually these thoughts go away on their own if parents realize they are normal and don't dwell on them.
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