Update on my son and crying

November 18, 2008

HI,

I had posted last week about my 9 year old son who was crying several

times a day in school. He was having to leave the classroom because he

couldn't control the tears. Well, it's been 5 days in a row with no

tears! He still gets the urge once in a while, but he's able to fight

it now.

The hardest part of his day is when I drop him off in the morning. I

offered to bring him to school this past weekend, and drop him off and

drive away, over and over. He said that he understood what I was

trying to do, but he said he needed to fight this on his own. He also

said it wouldn't be the same, since he'd know that I'd be coming right

back!

He's mentioned having some random fears throughout the day, mostly

about things catching on fire, or him getting poisoned by something.

This is new. He knows it's the OCD trying to scare him, but he only

feels better after he tells the teacher. I told him today that his

goal is to not tell anyone, and let the fear pass on it's own. He said

he's going to try.

The therapist started CBT last week by getting him to identify the

difference between his thoughts and the OCD thoughts. She told him

that the negative or scary thoughts are the OCD. He came up with the

idea of a door in his brain that's letting the OCD in, and then a

trapdoor that it falls out of. He said that he feels like the OCD is

getting smaller and weaker.

I also started him on Mindsoothe 10 days ago. Not sure if that's why

he's better, but I'll take the improvement!

This group is so wonderful. I appreciate everyone's support and

suggestions, and hope I can help someone too.

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