Women with postpartum depression can have symptoms that can include fatigue, anxiety and often
obsessional thoughts, such as fearing they'll put their babies in danger («What if I drown the baby in the bath?»).
Obsessional thoughts or actions, including constantly rethinking your nursery choices, repeatedly washing bottles or baby items that have already been cleaned, and so on
Obsessional thoughts in postpartum females and their partners: content, severity and relationship with depression
Not exact matches
Our
thoughts take on an
obsessional nature, constantly scanning our environment.
Admitting being somewhat mystified by it, Freud suggests that the goal of
obsessional neurosis is to ultimately prevent conscious awareness of unacceptable
thoughts related to the past in a futile attempt to avoid or mitigate feelings of anxiety.