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OCD 13 year old daughter

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maximus2018 · 21/06/2021 09:14

My daughter has exhibited signs of OCD since about 8 or 9 but it has been been hugely exacerbated by the Covid pandemic and lockdowns. This has increased her anxiety massively and she has added lots of new routines into her day. It is getting to the point where it is quite restrictive. She is particularly anxious around vomiting and sickness and avoids all foods that she thinks may give her some sort of sickness. We try to talk and make her challenge some of her compulsions and we watched videos together about OCD and she understands that she has extra worries to some other children. We’ve tried CBT with her but she refused to engage with it (it’s too scary for her I suppose). I am at my wits end as it’s both heartbreaking to see her go through it but also it’s so tiring for everyone else and is affecting daily life to the point where sometimes I am nervous to enagage with her in case it sets off a row or stressful situation. Any advice on dealing with a teen with OCD or how to try and help her will be gratefully received.

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WhoDidAndWhy · 21/06/2021 09:33

I’m certainly not a professional in this area so I don’t profess to know all about what your daughter is experiencing but I was also extremely obsessive from the age of about 9 to about 12. I would clean and scrub things until my skin cracked and bled. I’d have massive tantrums if anyone touched anything in my room because everything was put in a very precise position and had been sterilised. It was debilitating.

My parents totally ignored it. I still don’t know if it was intentional ignoring or they weren’t interested in anything I did (I suspect it was the latter) but they ignored it. Everyone ignored it. And I got over it slowly because it actually just wore me down. I couldn’t sustain it and I just gradually reduced it. Now I’m still very particular, everything has a place and people comment on it often, but it’s not to the point of obsession.

I’m not sure if that’s a reasonable approach (I’d suspect it isn’t) but it did work for me.

maximus2018 · 21/06/2021 09:48

Thank you for posting and I’m really glad you got past the obsessional aspect and it gives me some hope that once hormones and hopefully Covid settles down that she will improve. 🤞🏼

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