11 year old with severe ocd

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Hello everybody! I am very new to this site. My 11 year old daughter

has been diagnosed with severe ocd. She refers to rituals

as " systems " . She sees her doctor weekly for cbt and also is on

Zoloft. She is up and down with her systems. Her feelings are if she

doesn't do a system, I will die. Some good days, some bad. Back in

November it got to the point that she could not even go to school.

Doctors and meds have helped tremendously but I need for her to reach

out to other kids like her that have ocd. She doesn't feel normal. I

want her to know that she is normal. She wants her life back and I am

tired of ocd taking over her life. Her doctor has suggested that she

find a pen pal so she can talk to others that know just what she is

going through. Any suggestions on how I can find contacts for that? I

have a phobia about her chatting online. I would like her to have a

snail mail pen pal. But if it's through email of course I'd have to

get over it. lol. Anyways, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time and God Bless.

Candi