- Username
- Cabby
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I think something that may be beneficial for you is using some visuals for him. Have some sort of checklist, whether it be a white board or some kind of picture that he can check off or move to “done” when he brushed his teeth. That way, when he doesn’t remember you can refer to it so he knows! Maybe have a different checklist for every time he’s supposed to brush his teeth during the day, then reset it for the next day once he goes to bed
This is a great idea! I have a white board, I’m going to take that advice. Thank you so much.
@Cabby You’re welcome! Glad I can help!
God has planned something better for your so
Thank you for giving me hope. I pray god blesses you in abundance.
Did you go to a psychiatrist or psychologist?
He’s now seeing a Neurologist which put him on medication for ADHD he’s been on it for a week now, he has an appointment next week I will see what they can do about the OCD I believe the OCD is the main thing. His thoughts and his fear of germ is what causes his anxiety. At first I will get mad at him and tell him to stop playing and stop being a brat but this is beyond playing and bratty. He actually cries about it and swears up and down he can’t help it and it breaks my heart, is so overwhelming.
I guess he has a very severe condition so he might need medication to cope
I will speak to his Neurologist about medicating him for OCD thank you so much, god bless.
Honestly this breaks my heart seeing children suffer from pure OCD really makes breaks my heart. I’m so sorry your son has to undergo this but trust me things will get better I would suggest going to therapy and figuring out what medication would work best for him intrusive thoughts can be overwhelming for a child especially doubts as well since ocd is the doubt illness but remember he will overcome and you will to just be very patient with him. God bless you both.
Thank you so much so much for your support. I was doing research lastnight and came across this app. Is a relive to see that we are not in this alone. God bless you.
Hi all, I’m coming at this from a different perspective. I’m a parent of a child (boy, age 8) that has OCD. I’m using nOCD as an additional tool to help me help him. I’m learning as much as I can to be able to help him learn to manage this along with meds and therapy.
I got triggered today and spent a big chunk of the day trying to sit with the discomfort. I started to feel better but then I gave in to my compulsions. I think it was about an hour or so of doing it. I’m exhausted now. I feel like I’m going mental. Details below.. skip if you can’t be bothered to read.. I just fixate and struggle with every little thing I see on my son.. like are these white marks on his skin related to the condition I read about. Are these brown marks related? His black hair has browny red through it, so my thoughts were what if these patches turn white per symptoms of this conditions? What if this happens? What if that happens? While he slept I spent the hour combing through his hair trying to see where it was lightening to see how light it is in case it turns white. He has two strands of hair that did this. So my mind connected the dots incorrectly and is running wild thinking more of this will happen thus indicating he has this condition. Anxiety/ocd is about accepting uncertainty but I guess today is just a hard day for me, and this makes me feel hopeless and sad. Could use some advice especially from parents who’ve been through something similar
My ten year old daughter is struggling with really bad OCD mental urges. It’s taking over her every day to day being. She’s unable to walk, or get an object without having to stop and touch things, tap things, open and close. It takes forever to get out of the house and bedtime is a complete nightmare. I try talking to her to help her ignore the urges but nothing is helping. She’s in tears daily saying how she wants it to stop, how she doesn’t want to live this way and wants to just be normal like everyone else. Nothing I try and do to help is working. She fights me saying she can’t stop, the urges are just too strong. I’m trying to be calm and sensitive but I’m losing my mind. I have two other children who it’s effecting too and I’m a single mom trying to navigate this on my own. PLEASE I need help.
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