MTV Program True Life: I Have OCD to air again

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

According to my TV listings, the MTV program " True Life: I Have OCD "

will air again this Thurs, 11/9 at 10:00 AM EST. Check your

listings and set to record. This episode is especially great for

adolescents, teens, and young adults.

Thanks,

Barbara

> >

> > I never watch MTV, but this afternoon on some MTV show...True

Life

> > might have been the name, there was an episode about OCD and 3

> people

> > suffering with it. Before the OCD one, was one on Tourette's.

> >

> > There were 2 young women and 1 man. One of the women really

> reminded

> > me of what went through back in 6th grade with his

> > compulsions and touching. Even Randall (my oldest son) agreed

> they

> > were really similar, and some the same. Sort of a relief to see

> > someone similar for me! She had to have others in her family do

> > things for her a lot.

> > I guess this one was around college age, she was just getting

> ready

> > to begin it, so figure she was 18.

> >

> > The other young woman was in college already for some time. Her

> > rituals were a lot of tapping, touching, having things in the

> right

> > place (not messy/crooked). She spent a lot of time on them.

And

> > they all were done to keep her mother alive. Her OCD was

centered

> > around the fear/anxiety that her mother would die if she didn't

do

> > these things.

> >

> > The man lived with his girlfriend. I can't recall his job, but

he

> > also played in a band. Anyway, he was a checker and repeater,

and

> > had to get a " right " feeling for a lot of things.

> >

> > The two woman each ended up in intensive outpatient therapy.

And

> > they both were OCD-free when they got through! It was really

good

> to

> > see that outcome!! The man...well, I had to leave the room so

> don't

> > know the ending there; he wasn't in therapy so I have a feeling

he

> > was still dealing with his OCD. But both girls were no longer

> doing

> > any of their previous behaviors, no OCD at all. And both said

> they

> > now had the TOOLS to help with any return of OCD.

> >

> > With the first woman, one thing she did for her *fear of

vomiting*

> > was sit and write the word " vomit " over & over again on a sheet

of

> > paper. Then she did a sheet with " puke " , etc.

> >

> > The one who feared for her mother had an exposure where she had

to

> > see blood drawn from her mother during the mom's regular checkup

> for

> > her thyroid. The woman feared her mom would die, that all the

> blood

> > would just drain out. It looked like her *therapist* was there

> with

> > her (maybe 2 of them) and they helped her and she had to NOT

> perform

> > any rituals while watching this being done to her mom. It was

> hard

> > for her, but by the time they were back outside, she was proud

of

> > herself for no rituals. She also, at the end of her treatment,

> had a

> > funeral for her mom, just her and the therapist at the chapel

and

> the

> > cemetery. Soooo...some therapists DO go out with their

clients!

> >

> > Well, that was a quick summary but it was just amazing/happy to

> see

> > those two woman succeed and how happy they both were with OCD

not

> > disrupting their lives and time any longer! I wish

hadn't

> > already left for today when that came on! (on overnighter with

his

> > youth group)

> >

> >

> >

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