Sharna Burgess Says Experiencing ‘Intrusive Mom Thoughts’ Is a ‘Real Thing’: ‘I Thought It Was Something Wrong With My Brain’

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Constant worry. Sharna Burgess discovered that becoming a mom has her brain frequently thinking of all the terrible things that could happen to her 5-month-old son Zane.“Intrusive mom thoughts … This is a real thing,” the Dancing With the Stars pro, 37, shared via Instagram on Friday, December 9. “Honestly I thought it was something wrong with my brain at first.

These super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident … the list is long but I won’t share it.

If you know you know.”Burgess said that she’s finally “learned to tame” the dark thoughts —* but more importantly, she realized: “I am not alone.”In July, Australia native gave birth to her first child with boyfriend Brian Austin Green, who she’s been dating since 2020.

Zane is the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum’s fifth child. The 49-year-old also shares son Kassius, 20, with ex Vanessa Marcil, and Noah, 10, Bodhi, 8, Journey, 6, with ex-wife Megan Fox.While Green has long been a parent, this is unexplored territory for Burgess.