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May I ask if you’ve ever has intrusive thoughts before your son came along?
All I can say is that you are not your thoughts. Ocd is an illness, a terrible one at that, if you wanted to do these things.. you wouldn’t be posting about them on here. You’d be busy doing them and not giving a damn. I hope that can slightly reassure you.
OCD has just latched into you in a time where you are most vulnerable, a new mum, hormones all over. It’s some sort of chemical thing I think. The best way for you to combat it is to face it head on… Change your babies nappy, pick your baby up, cuddle him. Pay the thoughts as little attention as possible. As I say, you are not alone so please don’t feel like you are.
I’m here for you xx