Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 My 8 yo dd has not been dx, but we feel she has a little anxiety and ocd, but not enough that it causes problems in her daily life. She has always had some social anxiety, most people call her " shy " because of it. Last year at her school concert, she had a meltdown before it started and said her tummy hurt. She had just gotten over being sick, so we thought she really was not feeling good. Shortly after that, we found out there was a bully situation in school and she and her BFF had been bullied. She was supposed to be standing in front of the bully at the concert. We figured that was the problem. She had done fine at her concerts the 2 years prior. She had this year's concert last night. She seemed ok, until we were at school waiting for it to begin. She had a panic attack, but we were able to talk through it, and work it out. First, she wanted to stand by a friend. I told her she would HAVE to commit to going on stage if we asked the teacher to move someone. She would not commit. Then she said she wanted to move, to the middle row. She is very small and is always in the front row. She HATES attention drawn to herself and the thought of being in the front row was making her panic. We talked and she said she would go on stage if she could move to the middle row. We talked to her teacher, who agreed, and put her by a friend. She said she would do it, but not sign. It was very difficult for her, but she did it, AND sang, AND smiled!! It would have been so easy to not make her do it, but I am so glad we did. She did great and was so proud!!!! I feel lucky that she was able to express what the problem was and we were able to brainstorm how to fix it. We told her teacher next year to remember to not put her in the front row. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Sharon, that's great, hope she sees it as a BIG SUCCESS too. I was extremely shy when that age/younger, front row might have bothered me a lot too, and who I was near. Then there is just the general butterflies/anxiety anyone can feel before something like that. Glad it was all able to be worked out for the show and that she got on that stage! > > My 8 yo dd has not been dx, but we feel she has a little anxiety and ocd, but not enough that it causes problems in her daily life. She has always had some social anxiety, most people call her " shy " because of it. Last year at her school concert, she had a meltdown before it started and said her tummy hurt. She had just gotten over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 We have been experiencing major anger and mean words from our 7 yr old daughter with OCD. Not sure how to discipline her knowing some is not in her control. I'm afraid if I punish her for it she will become depressed. Any tips on how to handle this? Also, she has this strong desire to control everything. I think that may be causing the anger. Is the desire to control everything an OCD thing or something different? This is such a challenge. Did anyone read about the new antibiotic used to treat OCD? It was on the OCD Chicago website. Sent from my iPhone > My 8 yo dd has not been dx, but we feel she has a little anxiety and ocd, but not enough that it causes problems in her daily life. She has always had some social anxiety, most people call her " shy " because of it. Last year at her school concert, she had a meltdown before it started and said her tummy hurt. She had just gotten over being sick, so we thought she really was not feeling good. Shortly after that, we found out there was a bully situation in school and she and her BFF had been bullied. She was supposed to be standing in front of the bully at the concert. We figured that was the problem. She had done fine at her concerts the 2 years prior. She had this year's concert last night. She seemed ok, until we were at school waiting for it to begin. She had a panic attack, but we were able to talk through it, and work it out. First, she wanted to stand by a friend. I told her she would HAVE to commit to going on stage if we asked > the teacher to move someone. She would not commit. Then she said she wanted to move, to the middle row. She is very small and is always in the front row. She HATES attention drawn to herself and the thought of being in the front row was making her panic. We talked and she said she would go on stage if she could move to the middle row. We talked to her teacher, who agreed, and put her by a friend. She said she would do it, but not sign. It was very difficult for her, but she did it, AND sang, AND smiled!! It would have been so easy to not make her do it, but I am so glad we did. She did great and was so proud!!!! I feel lucky that she was able to express what the problem was and we were able to brainstorm how to fix it. We told her teacher next year to remember to not put her in the front row. > Sharon > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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