Re: just when I thought things were better

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We had a clothing obsession back when my son was 3-5 years old. VEry bad- would

take hours to dress, and also obsessed with laundry (other direction- nothing

was allowed to be washed and he would cry the whole time it was being done

because it was out of his room where it belonged). I also agree it sounds like

OCD to me. OCD is very sneaky and wrangles itself in slowly. 13 years into

this disease, I still constantly find myself saying " oh, yeah, I should have

seen this coming months ago when he started…… " Some obsessions/compulsions go

away, new ones come. I think what is behind it, the underlying cause is simple-

it is OCD. What to do about it, no that is a bother story. Time to start

clothing exposures. Remember that clothing exposures are NOT done as you are

ready to leave for school or work. They are done as separate events for discrete

time periods of wearing the " wrong " thing. YOur therapist should be able to help

you with this one. It really is pretty easy( though miserable ) to treat.