Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hi Caroline, Thanks for your suggestions, I appreciate you taking the time to address my situation. The problem here is that my son has been potty trained since he was 3 yrs old and he is now 8 yrs, so I don't want to have to do the jar thing or the potty thing in the car since that may become another thing we may not be able to break out of. Basically it's all about whatever OCD type behavior will come afloat and it's pretty much always been mostly about the bathroom in one way or another: Loving it or now hating it! This all started with a trip to an amusement park when he was about 4 yrs old and having an automated flushing toilet " flush " while he was still on the potty (which I am sure has happened at least once to all of us...) I could explain to him that there is no need to be scared until I am blue in the face, but he still is genuinely scared/anxious and will not always take my word for it. He is pretty high cognitively, so he understands most everything (abstract things...well not always as easy). I even carry post-it notes with me to cover the sensors in the toilet so it won't flush automatically. He had become much better about it in the past year, having the fear almost gone until just a few weeks when this whole thing just " exploded " really out of nowhere and got worse than ever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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