Guest guest Posted March 2, 2000 Report Share Posted March 2, 2000 Hi Laury, Welcome to the list. When my 8 yo daughter was in the severe throes of OCD, she nearly stopped eating and lost quite a bit of weight. In her case, it was " just so " issues. There was always some problem with the way something looked. She'd think she could it eat it, but then no, something was wrong. For awhile, she had only one thing she could eat. In any case, your son's choking obsession sounds like OCD to me. I'd recommend you find a CBT therapist who can help you use the E & RP method I described in my earlier post. In your son's case, you would try to identify a food that he believes is rather unlikely to make him choke and practice taking bites to show him that he won't choke. As he gains confidence, you could move up the hierarchy towards the foods he fears more. Unfortunately, this isn't the kind of thing you should just do " in the meantime " before you see the psychologist. You need to create a framework first to be successful. The food issue is so tricky because they have to eat, and yet your forcing him will not be helpful. Perhaps you could just focus on getting calories in him for now (ice cream, whatever it takes!) Good luck, in San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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