Does anyone else have this OCD fear?

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I have an OCD fear about hurting others, particularly animals and kids, and it hinders my ability to enjoy being around them.
It's a combination of my fear of hurting an innocent and vulnerable being and also a fear that if I do so I will be despised for it.

I think it started when my mom had my younger siblings. They were so small and fragile and I worried that if I hurt them by accident my mom would disown me. They are my half siblings the children of my stepfather and I also think a part of me felt like my mother loved them more than me, so I was both afraid of and jealous of them and though I never told anyone and kept it to myself, I was jealous of the attention and love they got. Especially since my mom was really my only friend and afterwards didn't have much time for me.


I hate to say it but it's sort of made a part of me resent/fear animals and kids, because I know others love them so much and are so fiercely defensive of them. My fear has caused me to be both jealous of and uncomfortable being around children and pets. When my friends talk about how much they love their little nieces, nephews and cousins it makes me feel bad because I am incapable of enjoying the company of children, even the ones related to me. I feel like I am a freak and a jerk for not liking kids. It really sucks. I care about children I just don't like being around them because of the triggers they put in my mind.

Does anyone else have a similar experience?

Not exactly the same, but I often worry about the damage I could do if I just lost it. I envision myself violently rampaging around and think how easy it would be for me to do that, and it scares me.

I do also worry about accidentally hurting fragile things or beings, esp. babies (I always turn down opportunities to hold them) but not to the extent of the above. I don't know that it's an OCD fear though.

<--- Doesn't like being around children either.

I have intrusive, unwanted thoughts like this. My thoughts carry into other areas besides children and animals though. They are always violent... and/or other things. I'm terrified of children for this reason. I dislike animals even without having these thoughts.
I have many intrusive thoughts about hurting others purposefully or through negligence.