Guest guest Posted January 8, 2000 Report Share Posted January 8, 2000 > Thanks Gail for your words of encouragement... I *almost* made it to my two day goal of being only positive, but then lost it yesterday on the way home from school when she told me she had asked her teacher if she could come home yesterday because her stomach hurt because she was really hungry and couldn't wait until snack time. (Fortunately the teacher said no!) Of course I launched into a full tirade about the impact her frequent coming home has had on me and how her frequent illness impacts everyone's plans in the family. I even managed to go another round when I got home, unzipped her lunch box and found her sandwich untouched (that her dad had made to her specifications to ensure she ate it...a little " Just so " OCD I'm afraid. She said she couldn't eat it because it was " squished. " ). Oh well...I did pretty well on my assignment and can't aspire to perfection! I did want to share a new tool we're trying for anxiety-related psychosomatic symptoms that Dr. Hatton shared with me the other day, for anyone else whose kids are prone to headaches and tummy aches. He suggested that when she's feeling well that we take 15 minutes to notice what wellness feels like in her stomach, head, legs, etc. to store it for later retrieval. Then when she notices she's feeling bad, she should note how bad on a 1 to 10 hierarchy. Then she imagines a little dial on her chest and turning the pain down one notch, then another, and another towards that wellness feeling. This reminds me of Dr. Chansky's technique for turning down the volume for intrusive thoughts (which worked extremly well at bedtime one night BTW.) Dr. Hat says it may take a little practice, but actually works quite well in children. So we'll see.. Take care, in San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2000 Report Share Posted January 8, 2000 Hi Chris: Glad to hear you don't have to worry about the specter of OCD " perfectionism " . <VBG> Thanks for the info on the CBT re: psychosomatic/hypochondriacal symptoms. Take care, aloha, Kathy (H) kathyh@... At 07:35 AM 01/08/2000 -0700, you wrote: >From: Roman <ChrisRoman@...> > >> Thanks Gail for your words of encouragement... > >I *almost* made it to my two day goal of being only positive, but then lost it yesterday on the way home from school when she told me she had asked her teacher if she could come home yesterday because her stomach hurt because she was really hungry and couldn't wait until snack time. (Fortunately the teacher said no!) Of course I launched into a full tirade about the impact her frequent coming home has had on me and how her frequent illness impacts everyone's plans in the family. I even managed to >go another round when I got home, unzipped her lunch box and found her sandwich untouched (that her dad had made to her specifications to ensure she ate it...a little " Just so " OCD I'm afraid. She said she couldn't eat it because it was " squished. " ). > >Oh well...I did pretty well on my assignment and can't aspire to perfection! I did want to share a new tool we're trying for anxiety-related psychosomatic symptoms that Dr. Hatton shared with me the other day, for anyone else whose kids are prone to headaches and tummy aches. He suggested that when she's feeling well that we take 15 minutes to notice what wellness feels like in her stomach, head, legs, etc. to store it for later retrieval. Then when she notices she's feeling bad, she should note >how bad on a 1 to 10 hierarchy. Then she imagines a little dial on her chest and turning the pain down one notch, then another, and another towards that wellness feeling. This reminds me of Dr. Chansky's technique for turning down the volume for intrusive thoughts (which worked extremly well at bedtime one night BTW.) > >Dr. Hat says it may take a little practice, but actually works quite well in children. So we'll see.. > >Take care, > >in San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2002 Report Share Posted September 30, 2002 Hi Gail, Thanks a lot.....let me know if you hear something...we are trying our best to reposition him....hope it works... Neem siddharthe's mommy, sunnyvale,ca Gail wrote: Neem, I was born and raised in Mountain View! When I read your post I got a bit homesick, although I've now lived away from there longer than I actually lived there. My parents are still there - have been in the same house since 1960. I have a friend in Los Altos whose adopted baby has plagio, but my mom said that they are taking the "wait and see" approach and things seem to be rounding out. So I guess she's not going to pt. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for you and see if I hear of anybody in the area you could see. Gail, Sam and Sara's mom, DOC grads siddharthe has mild tort/plagio Just returned from the neurosurg appt....was told he has mild tort and plagio.....any suggestions for physical therapists in mountain view/santa clara/ sunnyvale area? have to get an appointment.... any tips for tort? thanks a lot neem siddharthe's mommy bbbhand@... wrote: Ps Happy Birthday !!!!!!!BeckFor more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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