I think it is pretty natural to feel those feelings. I have always been animal mad and have always been especially sensitive to animal cruelty stories. Child stories made me uncomfortable but not to the same extent. Now I have DS I find myself overly sensitive to both, especially if the child is the same age as DS or one of his cousins because I feel it like I have lost one of them IYKWIM. I don't think you go back to being the same but you start to learn your limits.