Login Register. A small circle of party goers gathered around us and the men all copped to once a month to once a week and all the women said once a day to once a week. I went around telling this story for a while asking people. There are a lot of people who cry every day, both men and women. But from my informal poll, almost everyone fell into the above. I want my tears to mean something.

This thread is amazing. They tell women everything under the sun about what to expect for 9 months; why not this?! Scary thoughts are anxiety-driven, they are extremely COMMON, and most new mothers admit that have, at some time, imagined or worried about harm coming to their babies. The shame of having these thoughts can prevent women from speaking about them. In response to women telling us they feel isolated and ashamed of their thoughts, we asked women to share their scary thoughts in an attempt to help them express these distressing ruminations, so they can get relief and also help other mothers understand how universal this phenomenon is.

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I was terrified to. After several years of actively suppressing my feelings, a particularly traumatic year washed over me and I began to crack open. Over the last few years, I have made friends with the full spectrum of my emotional self, and accepted it all once more. My sadness and I are now good friends.