Intrusive thoughts and psychotic-like experiences among new parents are far more common than previously thought, according to ...

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None of us can escape intrusive thoughts, the random and usually off-putting musings that include visions of shoving your hand through the center of a beautifully decorated cake or a bridge collapsing ...

Have you experienced random, intrusive thoughts that seem to appear out of nowhere? Or thoughts that are in contrast to your personality, maybe a thought about intentionally hurting others, horrific ...

Intrusive thoughts and psychotic-like experiences among new parents are far more common than previously thought - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

The origin of unwanted, intrusive thoughts may be underlying anxiety. Unconscious anxiety, the type that one is not aware of, frequently bubbles up to the surface and takes shape as a dark thought.

In psychology, obsessions are repeated and unwanted thoughts that cause anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors people perform to temporarily relieve this anxiety. For example, a person may have ...

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You might wonder why anyone would ever think about harming their own children. Only a monster would do that, right? Turns out, that's not exactly true. It turns out, having passing thoughts about harm ...