Guest guest Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 Hi , Thanks. I appreciate the sharing & the support. Monday's appt. with the psychologist can come none to soon for me! Of course, I don't know how much he can tell us when only Tom and I will be meeting with him to discuss . I assume he'll want to reserve comment until he sees ? -Jean > In the early pre and post OCD diagnosis days my son > began refusing to pee and poop. It had something to > do with not wanting any of his body fluids to go down > to the sewer. This behavior led to my being completely > hysterical and my son developing encopresis, which he > still has problems with occasionally. My non-ocd > daughter and my ocd son have also expressed a > transient fear of not sitting on the toilet after they > heard a story about snakes coming up into the toilet > and biting their bottoms. My son also has visits from > Mr. Poop guy who sometimes tells him that he needs to > wipe himself too much or even not at all. Being the > type to touch things impulsively he has been known to > leave poop on his bum and then have a compulsion to > touch it later! Most disgusting!!!!I also have seen > used toilet paper in the trash can, but that seems to > be a result of being too occupied with other things > and just sticking it in the trash instead of the > toilet. This behavior can also be related to tics - > although we have pretty much decided that in my sons > case it is related to his OCD. It is interesting that > his contamination fears don't enter into the picture > when Mr. Poop Guy comes along! Anyway - you are not > alone in this. > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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