Sharna Burgess says she has ‘super dark’ intrusive thoughts about her 5-month-old son Zane
Sharna Burgess shared a candid part of her experience as a mother, five months after welcoming her son Zane.
The Dancing With The Stars pro, 37, who shares her baby with actor Brian Austin Green, 49, revealed she has experienced “super dark” intrusive thoughts.
Sharna took to Instagram with a video of her holding Zane and wrote: ‘Intrusive thoughts from mom… This is real stuff. Honestly, at first I thought something was wrong with my brain. These super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong.
Intrusive thoughts: Sharna Burgess, 37, revealed she experienced “super dark” intrusive thoughts about her five-month-old son Zane in a new Instagram post.
The clip featured Cardi B’s viral ‘Oh my gosh, what’s that’? Soundbite playing on it.
Sharna continued her long-running caption, adding: “All the ways I or life could accidentally harm my baby.” Falling down the stairs hugging him, illness, a car accident… the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know that you know.
The star then revealed her relief to learn she’s not the only mom struggling with intrusive thoughts: “5 months later and I still have them but I’ve learned to tame and understand them and most of all I’ve realized I’m not alone. “. That last one was a huge relief.
Concerned: Sharna shared a video of herself holding Zane, writing: ‘Intrusive thoughts from mom… This is real stuff. Honestly, at first I thought something was wrong with my brain.
Stressed Out: She explained her worries as ‘These super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby’
“I guess it makes sense too, we have this huge responsibility suddenly upon us when we come out of that hospital… in diapers… sleepless, emotionally charged but also exhausted, trying to rebuild ourselves and let’s not forget… in pain.” .’
The new mom continued: ‘That new responsibility is filled with so much love and wonder and wonder, but no one warns you about the same amount of fear that now lives inside of you. It is the most unbearable love you have ever felt and it is overwhelming, at least for me it was.
She then shared a number of tools she uses to combat worrying thoughts, including “deep cleansing breaths” and waving your hand in front of your eyes and saying “no” and imagining “that image is destroyed and gone.”
Not alone: 5 months later and I still have them, but I have learned to tame and understand them and most of all I realized that I am not alone. That last one was a huge relief,” she added.
Helping others: She then shared a number of tools she uses to combat worrying thoughts with her followers, adding, “You’re doing great mom, remember that.”
‘I shake myself and call up a memory that I can’t wait to do with Zane. All the firsts that he has to come,’ he added, before leaving his followers with words of encouragement:’You’re doing great, mom, remember that.
Green and Burgess, who competed together on Dancing with The Stars last year, revealed that they were expecting their first child together last February.
The couple celebrated the news by enjoying a ‘baby moon’ together in Hawaii, where Burgess revealed her baby bump for the first time, before welcoming baby boy Zane in June.
The duo marked their second anniversary in October, with Brian sharing a series of candid family snaps on his Instagram.
New parents: Sharna welcomed Zane, whom she shares with partner Brian Austin Green, 49, last June; Pictured November 2022
“October 16, 2 years ago, was a day like any other, but I made plans to meet someone new for coffee,” he said. ‘My God, I’m thankful every day for that. You are a light in my life, our children’s lives and the most amazing person I have ever met,” he wrote.
Green was previously married to Megan Fox for over nine years before they revealed their split in May 2020.
Green is also the father of Kassius Lijah, 20, with his ex Vanessa Marcil, 54; and Noah, 10, Bodhi, eight, and Journey, six, with Fox, 36.
Happy family: Green is also a father to Kassius Lijah, 20, with Vanessa Marcil, 54; and Noah, 10, Bodhi, eight, and Journey, six, with his ex-wife Megan Fox, 36