(mnmom0f1) Obsession Only - Many Questions

[Guest guest]

Kim,

Thank you for sharing your experience with me. Since it has taken a long

time for

my son to feel comfortable enough to share some of his thoughts with me, he

could easily be concealing compulsions in his head, like counting.

Tamara

>From: mnmomof1@...

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: Obsession Only - Many Questions

>Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:47:27 EDT

>

>Hi Tamara. I can't answer all of your questions, but I have experience with

>a

>couple. I thought my daughter only had obsessions, but I was wrong. She had

>a

>compulsion with her retainer, that she did at night, but I didn't know

>about

>it until she didn't have to do it anymore. She also had a counting

>compulsion.

>As a matter of fact, she would count all these things in her therapist's

>office when she would try to get through her therapy time. Since she was

>doing it

>in her head we didn't know about it. She would also flee places when her

>anxiety got to high, like restaurants and malls. There were others as well.

>We just

>didn't recognize them for what they were until she started making progress.

>It could be the same with your son. Good luck, Kim

[Guest guest]

I was just reading this post and a few before -- that

were related -- and casually asked my 14 y/o if he

counts very much and then in what circumstance.

(He's normally very hard to get anything out of). He

said yeah he counts and when I asked another question

he gave me a little more detail.

Point ---- he seems to be opening up slowly as I just

occasionally ask questions in passing like I'm just

curious, and he's getting used to his dad and I

talking about some postings here as I go thru them

(120 today!) He seems to be getting used to the

subject and feeling he won't be so judged.

--- T Naranjo <tamara_naranjo@...> wrote:

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Kim,

Thank you for sharing your experience with me. Since

it has taken a long

time for

my son to feel comfortable enough to share some of his

thoughts with me, he

could easily be concealing compulsions in his head,

like counting.

Tamara

>From: mnmomof1@...

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: Obsession Only - Many

Questions

>Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:47:27 EDT

>

>Hi Tamara. I can't answer all of your questions, but

I have experience with

>a

>couple. I thought my daughter only had obsessions,

but I was wrong. She had

>a

>compulsion with her retainer, that she did at night,

but I didn't know

>about

>it until she didn't have to do it anymore. She also

had a counting

>compulsion.

>As a matter of fact, she would count all these things

in her therapist's

>office when she would try to get through her therapy

time. Since she was

>doing it

>in her head we didn't know about it. She would also

flee places when her

>anxiety got to high, like restaurants and malls.

There were others as well.

>We just

>didn't recognize them for what they were until she

started making progress.

>It could be the same with your son. Good luck, Kim

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