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These thoughts can include horrific flashes of violence involving one\u2019s baby and frequently lead to shame and fear on the mother\u2019s part, but rarely result in real\u2010world violence. Clinicians tend to downplay the importance of these images\u2019 content and calm women by reminding them that they will not act on their impulses. This article leans into the dark nature of intrusive thoughts. I intersperse theoretical and ethnographic reflections with vivid fragments of narratives about intrusive thoughts collected from several years of ethnographic research conducted with postpartum women in the United States. I explore the fear, rage, and repulsion that characterize the thoughts themselves and the racism, classism, and sexism involved in clinical, institutional, and interpersonal responses to them. 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