Guest guest Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 when you say it came out of the blue - sounds like PANDAS - has her blood been tested? has she been on a course of antibiotics?? Eileen Quoting mary zink <mary_znk@...>: > Dr. Wagner, > We are new to OCD. It hit my 10 year old out of the blue three > weeks ago.She needs constant reassurance and feels the need to > confess everything. I feel that we can handle that. What we don't > know how to handle are the internal compulsions. How do you do ERP > for them? We've just started seeing a therapist, but I want to know > what I can do at home. She feels the need to talk in her head to > keep us safe. If she doesn't do this, she thinks that people are > going to hurt her or us. Now it is affecting her schoolwork, because > she talks in her head all day. She is having a hard time > concentrating on her work. How do we get her to stop the talking in > her head? Lately she's also having disturbing sexual thoughts that > bother her. She feels disgusted and guilty by the thoughts, and I'm > wondering what we can do to help her mind stop thinking about these > things. In your book, it says to graphically think of the thoughts, > but being that they are of a sexual nature and she > is only 10, we don't want to do that. How can we help her? > > Sincerely, > > Zink > > mary_Znk > > > > > --------------------------------- > All-new - Fire up a more powerful email and get things > done faster. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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