Intrusive thoughts are sudden, involuntary thoughts, mental images or urges. They often cover difficult themes such as causing or experiencing harm, contamination, making a mistake, or sexual or ...

Imagine you are standing near the railing of a seventh-floor balcony with your infant in your arms when a sudden thought ...

You’re carrying your baby down the stairs when an image suddenly flashes through your mind: You trip and drop her. Or you’re pushing the stroller across the ...

In conversation, print, and social media, people have been using the terms "intrusive thoughts" and "unwanted intrusive thoughts" to refer to a wide range of thoughts, feelings, and images that enter ...

We’ve all been there. You’re in the middle of doing whatever, and your brain coughs up a perfectly irrational thought. You now have a choice: send it back to the depths of your mind or surrender to ...