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Random Anxiety of Dropping Baby?

So idk if anyone else experiences this but I’m so afraid of dropping my baby? And what I would do if I did? So I have a staircase in my house and all of our bedrooms are on the second floor including the laundry room. Every time I walk up or down the stairs with my son I imagine what would happen if I trip on the stairs or on my pants and my baby goes flying or I just drop him down the stairs or straight down. I’m so terrified of this. I know anxiety over your child’s safety is always a common thing but this one is so specific. Like what if I hurt him. I usually have a very secure hold on him but idk I still just imagine if something bad were to happen.

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I think it’s our intrusive thoughts like for some reason I always think about worst case scenarios involving my kids too it’s so overwhelming but I try to just shift my thoughts immediately so I don’t go that deep into a spiral . I know the feeling tho

I know it’s so hard I live on the third floor of an apartment complex and I have those thoughts constantly there outside concrete stairs. I just try my best to use the thoughts to make me aware of my actions make me aware of the speed I’m using and that I’m watching my step so that I ensure I am being as careful and safe as I can be and then remind myself that is all I can do every thing else is out of my control and as long as I am doing everything in my control I am doing what’s best for my baby! I hope this helps you are certainly not alone in these thoughts