Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 > Dana, I haven't heard from you lately. How's the program? Are you getting > closer to your goals? check in with us now and then. All the best! Kit Howdy Kit! Program is great. Finally started losing weight again...while still making muscle gains. I finally have hope that I will make my goals by the end of this challenge! I was beginning to wonder. Thanks for asking! Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Dana, Is your son doing any better? Dana <pba1221d@...> wrote: Thanks Lynnelle, that really made alot of sense to me and cleared up some things. This is just all so new and scary and I'm so anxious to have my son back. I'm going after this thing full force. Dana > > CBT -- As I understand it after reading 5 or 6 books > and 6 months monitoring the 'OCDsupport' (probably the > most helpful) site (and doing it with my 14 y/o son) > > CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) is, as you said, > everywhere these days -- even used for sleep problems. > It is sort of replacing " talk " therapy (in alot of > cases). Talk therapy basically was built on the idea > that we are mostly a product of our upbringing and > past experiences(Freud). But talking about it > apparently didn't cure us very well. Hence the jokes > about being in therapy for years and years and not > getting better. Dwelling on a bad past might just > make the brain connections stronger (re: the bad exp) > > Instead -- CBT spends part of the time " adjusting " > problematic thinking that the patient may have fallen > into (the cognitive part) then emphasizes changing > behavior (the " B " part of CBT). It has been proven in > brain scans that changing behavior ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY > CHANGES the brain!!! > > In the case of OCD the Cognitive part of the therapy > would be (for example) telling someone who is afraid > of germs that their thinking on this subject needs to > be adjusted, that germs are unavoidable and natural > and have been around forever and it's actually better > to not avoid them all because they make our immune > system stronger. > > The behavior part of CBT for OCD is to NOT DO what the > OCD is telling you to do. Show the OCD monster that > you are stronger than it is. Don't give in! Little > kids might name the OCD something negative (some call > it the OCD bully) so that they can more easily refuse > to do what it is telling them to do. > We all know that doing what a bully tells you to do is > not going to make things better in the long run. > > " Feeding the OCD monster " is a great analogy I think. > > The more you feed it the stronger it becomes. The > more parents give into the fears (enabling) the more > the kid thinks their fears are warranted. The longer > the kid gives into their " need " to do certain rituals > the stronger the pathways in the brain become that > tell them they need to do the ritual. > > In OCD the behavior therapy part is usually called ERP > (Exposure Response Prevention). It is a specific type > of therapy. Not all CBT therapists know much about it > and even less know how to do it. There are lots of > good books about it on the OCFoundation website. A > good one that is mentioned often here is Tamar > Chansky's " Freeing Your Child From OCD " or something > like that. It is possible to learn how to do it on > your own with your child (if you read enuf books). A > good therapist is preferable at least for a while but > the parent needs to learn how to do it at home in > between sessions because the home is where most of the > problems arise. > > One of the hardest parts may be changing our own > behavior (of enabling). There are all kinds of things > I do for my son that he should be able to do for > himself and I constantly fight this tendency . > Re-assuring our kids alot (about whatever there fears > are) is also enabling. > > OCD was originally called the " doubting disease " > because sufferers pretty much all want absolute > certainty about things > --am I SURE the door is locked > --am I SURE there are no germs on my hands > --am I SURE I won't kill someone with that knife > --am I SURE I did all my homework perfectly > --am I SURE I washed every single germ off my body in > the shower > --even tho I KNOW it's ridiculus to think my parents > will die in a car accident if I don't do certain > things everytime I go through a doorway -- am I SURE > that if I don't do them they will be all right? > > The adult sufferers on the site who have done serious > Exposure Therapy for OCD say it is quite painful to do > the therapy -- to not do what the " OCD Monster " is > telling them to do. This is because the monster > targets those things which the person holds most dear. > It tricks them by saying (for example) " your mother > will die if you don't do what I am telling you to do " , > but the ones who have really done it say it is > definitely worth it in the long run. > > But it is a specific type of CBT called ERP. It's > pretty common sense if you think about it. Face your > fears. If you give in to them they will probably get > worse. > > > > > > > > > Like maybe: they pay some attention to how others > don't worry about germs very much at all and they > survive > --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Dana, gall bladder and gut problems are common with Lyme. I've had both. Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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