Hello ?? I’m new here. I’m a mother to a 7 year old boy that has not only been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum, Sensory Integration, ADHD but also OCD. He is afraid or germs, and he’s constantly asking me for reassurance with bad thoughts he is having. From his mind telling him he’s going to hurt me but he doesn’t want to, to telling me his mind is saying he likes boys but he thinks it’s nasty, to constantly repeating things that he did bad years ago that no longer matter even tho he has already told me. Also him saying things that I know didn’t happen but yet he says he’s not sure if it did or if it didn’t happen. To him brushing his teeth and counting. He can brush his teeth now and 2 minutes later I’ll ask him if he brushed his teeth and he will say did you me brush my teeth and if I say no he will say he doesn’t remember and he will go and brush again and again until I say yes I saw you. This is all so overwhelming I don’t know what else to do.

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

God has planned something better for your so

Did you go to a psychiatrist or psychologist?

I guess he has a very severe condition so he might need medication to cope

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.