Guest guest Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 No. This is very different. Tony Attwood says so in his book The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome. OCD involves destructive, distressing behavior whereas a kid obsessed with trains is getting pleasure out of his favorite topic. If he was constantly worried about getting hit by a car, or accidentally killing someone, or something like that, then that is OCD (intrusive, unwanted thoughts). And, of course, there is the classic hand washing stereotype. On 3/18/11 5:36 PM, " Abatangelo " <stephanie.abatangelo@...> wrote: Hello and Happy Friday! Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed. I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious -- “Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?” -- Dawkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Sometimes the ritualistic counting is all internal. My daughter never mentioned it until I read an article out loud to her and she said " I thought everyone did that. " Whatever a person has grown up with always being there tends to be their idea of 'normal'. Kathy J.On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Abatangelo <stephanie.abatangelo@...> wrote: Hello and Happy Friday!Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed. I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I'm sure others have replied already, since you put this out on Friday and I'm just getting to this on Sat,,,,, But,,,,,,,"O", the obsession is generally thoughts and feelings. "C", the compulsion is generally actions. So.....the talking of things is the obsession. The turning of knobs or washing of hands and the counting, etc is the compulsion. Robin From: Abatangelo <stephanie.abatangelo@...>Subject: ( ) OCD vs. Obsessing Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 4:36 PM Hello and Happy Friday!Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed.I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I can understand that. I used to do it as a child and it was all in my head. I eventually had to force myself to stop or I would've gone insane!CarolynSent from my iPadOn Mar 18, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Kathy <rrabbits@...> wrote: Sometimes the ritualistic counting is all internal. My daughter never mentioned it until I read an article out loud to her and she said "I thought everyone did that." Whatever a person has grown up with always being there tends to be their idea of 'normal'. Kathy J.On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Abatangelo <stephanie.abatangelo@...> wrote: Hello and Happy Friday!Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed. I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Thank you Robin. My son has a thing for squeezing heads as odd as it may seem and his psych called that a compulsion that he can't control. I don't understand why he always goes for the heads of people but he's been doing it for almost 3 years now and he's 5 1/2.Thanks again for the explaination and thanks to everyone else that responded. This is a great group to bounce questions off of and I'm glad I found you all.From: and/or Robin Lemke <jrisjs@...> Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 6:26:01 AMSubject: Re: ( ) OCD vs. Obsessing I'm sure others have replied already, since you put this out on Friday and I'm just getting to this on Sat,,,,, But,,,,,,,"O", the obsession is generally thoughts and feelings. "C", the compulsion is generally actions. So.....the talking of things is the obsession. The turning of knobs or washing of hands and the counting, etc is the compulsion. Robin From: Abatangelo <stephanie.abatangelo@...>Subject: ( ) OCD vs. Obsessing Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 4:36 PM Hello and Happy Friday!Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed.I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Yes, it sounds like the typical repetitive behavior problem. For me it was telling repetitive jokes and even today I occasionally struggle with it, although not nearly as much as I used to. It really is not the same as OCD because it is not something someone feels the need to perform in order to alleviate a fear, for example. It is just a bad habit that is hard to break. I really do wonder, though, if the same genes involved in OCD are involved in AS. On 3/19/11 12:47 PM, " Abatangelo " <stephanie.abatangelo@...> wrote: Thank you Robin. My son has a thing for squeezing heads as odd as it may seem and his psych called that a compulsion that he can't control. I don't understand why he always goes for the heads of people but he's been doing it for almost 3 years now and he's 5 1/2. Thanks again for the explaination and thanks to everyone else that responded. This is a great group to bounce questions off of and I'm glad I found you all. From: and/or Robin Lemke <jrisjs@...> Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 6:26:01 AM Subject: Re: ( ) OCD vs. Obsessing I'm sure others have replied already, since you put this out on Friday and I'm just getting to this on Sat,,,,, But,,,,,,, " O " , the obsession is generally thoughts and feelings. " C " , the compulsion is generally actions. So.....the talking of things is the obsession. The turning of knobs or washing of hands and the counting, etc is the compulsion. Robin From: Abatangelo <stephanie.abatangelo@...> Subject: ( ) OCD vs. Obsessing Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 4:36 PM Hello and Happy Friday! Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed. I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious -- “Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me.” --Ralph Wiggum, The Simpsons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 My son doesn't seem to do the counting, but he dies obsess over things.Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless Re: ( ) OCD vs. Obsessing Sometimes the ritualistic counting is all internal. My daughter never mentioned it until I read an article out loud to her and she said " I thought everyone did that. "  Whatever a person has grown up with always being there tends to be their idea of 'normal'.Kathy J.On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Abatangelo <stephanie.abatangelo@...> wrote: Hello and Happy Friday!Is there a fine line between OCD and obsessions/ing? My son obsesses on trains and the color blue. He also obsesses on certain topics of interest and this can last for a couple days. He will go to bed talking about it and the first thing out of his mouth is the same thing. As if not a minute has passed.I always thought that OCD had to do with ritualistic behaviors like counting, turning knobs and such. Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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