Chris-CBT was Re: Louis/-meds

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Hi my daughter hates all her compulsions and would like them all

gone. No compulsion is more bothersome to us than any other. The one she

wants gone most is nail-biting, she bites continually through the day, her

fingernails and toenails are sore of course and a few are nearly missing.

But her doctor told me unfortunately this was a particularly difficult

compulsion to address with cbt, or in any other way, so it didn't seem a

good place to start. We're trying though, she bossed it back for one minute

several times, and was really pleased with herself, then when she tried for

two minutes she was in tears the last minute, she didn't bite but she came

away very discouraged, it was a lot harder than she expected and ocd really

turned up the " bad feelings. " Her dentist wants to affix some sort of

appliance in her mouth that would prevent biting (similar to appliances that

prevent thumb-sucking), I would like to know what the list thinks of this

idea.

Another compulsion she has is collecting trash, some at home but mostly when

we are out, at the park or a Mcs or whever. I'd be interested how you

would break this down for E & RP. And if you do have any ideas about the

nailbiting, I'm all ears.

Thanks, Kathy R. in Indiana

Re: Louis/-meds

> From: Roman <ChrisRoman@...>

<snip>

> Is there a particular compulsion that she WANTS to get rid of, or as in

our

> case, something she'd be WILLING to work on that drives you crazy? If so,

> let me know what it is and maybe I can help you figure out how to break it

> down into manageable steps. Our therapist said he'd never yet found

> something that couldn't be broken down so let's try!

>

> Hang in there,

>

> in San Diego

>

>

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