[SPAM] Re: parent contamination/thanks Chris

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If there is not an OCD ritual/fear/thought attached to the chore, I

suspect it could be typical kid behavior.

Kids in general can be tough to raise, but throw OCD in and you get a

whole new set of rules, at times. . . With guilt attached.

I guess we are all just human, eh.

Bj

> >

> > Hi Debbie, I just wanted to tell you that you are not alone. My

> > daughter is

> > the same way and dealing with this has taken it's toll as well.

I'm trying

> > to learn new ways to cope. She has a therapy appt this afternoon

and I am

> > going to talk to the therapist about it while my daughter is

sitting there

> > to see if we can't come to some solutions. I feel like walking out

the

> > door

> > a lot to. Lol You are not alone.

> >

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> > Subject: [sPAM] Re: parent contamination/thanks Chris

> >

> > Rose and Chris.

> > I know what you mean when you say how it affects your family. I

hate to

> > admit it to anybody, but last night I just wanted to get up and walk

> > out the

> > door. And today, I've been so depressed, i just don't feel like I

care

> > about

> > anything. It's only been 3 months and I'm tired of trying to get her

> > to read

> > the books, do exposure, do anything. She just wants to wallow in

> > having OCD

> > and not do anything to help herself. The only thing she's willing

to do is

> > take the medicine, and it's just not helping.at this point. I'm

not even

> > sure this new therapist is going to work out.

> > She's been so difficult to live with these last two weeks, and such a

> > smarta#$t, talking back, defying us, saying she'll do her chores,

and then

> > not do them. And when we ask why she won't do them, she just sits

> > there. She

> > only has 3 little chores! We impose a punishment and she just

says, OK. We

> > have fought almost every day over these stupid chores; it's just

> > feeding her

> > cats, filling the dishwasher, and vacuuming. It's mostly the cats

and the

> > dishwasher; she claims its the OCD, but I think it's also just a

> > convenient

> > excuse to not do anything. It'd be easier to just give up on it,

but then

> > that's not fair to my son, who has been taking up her slack (like

feeding

> > all the cats so they won't starve!) AND doing his own chores! Then

she

> > gets

> > mad at him for doing her chore! And then she goes on and on last

night

> > about

> > how we don't love her and pick on her and make her our slave! GIVE

ME A

> > BREAK! She's been a little mouthy in the past, but nothing like this!

> > Maybe some of you won't think I'm a good parent, but last night,

while I

> > love my daughter very much, I sure didn't LIKE her much! I am

hoping and

> > praying this will subside when we back down the meds.

> > Debbie

> >

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