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shana, I totally know how you feel, I was sexually abused as a child, and about 15 years ago when I was pregnant with my 1st child I heard on a talk show that people who are abused will become abusive themselves. I was terrified at that time but as I had my children (I now have 4) I saw that I wasn't going to do that kind of thing and I actually became more aware of situations where my children could potentially be abused by others and I talked with them from the time they were very little about inappropriate touching. But about 7 months ago I went through a very difficult time in my life and suffered a terrible bout of anxiety and panic. During that time I remembered what I had heard all of those years ago about abuse and became terrified I would do it. I was so frightened that I could barely bathe my 3 year old. Once I sought counseling, however my doctor explained to me that all of my frightening thoughts ( I had tons of them)were related to my general anxiety disorder. She said I have GAD with a touch of OCD, which explained the obsessive thoughts. You probably have the same thing, when your mind becomes anxiety ridden it tends to run away with you and anything and everything it can conjure up it will. Hope this is helpful.
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Dear Shana, The feelings you are experiencing about abusing children must be horrible. It is important that you see your Dcotor and let them know how you have been feeling. Take the anxiety test on the left of your screen and take the results with you to your appointment, that way the Doctor will know exactly how you have been feeling. Keep using the support group, we are here to help. Susanne
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Shana, I would suggest that the first thing you do is consult a doctor. If these thoughts and fears have been plaguing you for years its time to get help. There is no need for you to suffer alone with this. The fact that you haven't been abusing anyone leads me to believe that you aren't going to, but these irrational fears of yours need to be addressed.
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Okay, this has been a problem of mine for years and because of the total fright and humiliation I have done nothing to get help with it. But now, I am so tired of it, I have to do something, I need some advice. When I was about 15, I was talking to a friend about my being sexually abused when I was younger. She responded that since I was sexually abused that I would end up doing the same to my own children or someone elses. Well we all know this isn't true, since most people that have been abused do not do it to others in the future. So, couldn't I just tell my anxiety that? NO!! When I am dealing with a lot of anxiety I can literally picture myself abusing children, hurting children, mine or others, which just causes even more anxiety trying to stop the thoughts. The catch is they only happen when I am dealing with anxiety. So, here is my question. Am I just dealing with meaningless, but frightful thoughts because of my anxiety, or am a Class A, #1 Fruitcake that needs to be put in the loony bin for the safety of all mankind? Okay, any help would be so greatly appreciated. Has anyone else ever had these kind of horrible thoughts? What can I do? Thank you.

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