Re: cutting -

[Guest guest]

Yes my daughter does have OCD. I don't think the cutting started because of

the OCD though....at least not from what she has told me about why she

started cutting. But...in my opinion....and I can certainly be wrong......but

maybe the OCD contributed to it becoming a ritual in the beginning....maybe?? I

don't know. I just know that from meeting other parents of kids that self

mutilate....most of the kids do have OCD.....but not all. But I do know for

sure...from all that I have learned..... that it became an uncontrollable

addiction as strong as a heroine addict. She would find all kinds of reasons to

have

to cut several times a day. She has also told me that when she'd try to go to

sleep (which she has ALWAYS had trouble doing)....that she would get so mad

cause she'd be really tired but just can't fall asleep. She says she can't

stop her brain from thinking annoying things....so to distract the

thoughts...she'd cut. So to me it kind of sounds like she may be having

OCD-type thoughts

going on that she can't stop....and then cuts. So I'm not sure that OCD and

cutting are " related " ...but I think the OCD contributes to cutting. Does that

make sense? But like I said....this is all my personal opinion.

/CA

In a message dated 6/3/2006 7:07:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

julieaw66@... writes:

My son is a picker and will scratch himself too. He will squeeze

the blood out- it's almost as though he has a fasination with

blood. One time (that I'm aware of) he cut himself with a knife

(just a small cut on his finger). He said it was an accident, but

I'm not sure.

He says he doesn't want to do it - that it's ocd. Does your

daughter have ocd also? If so, do you think it's an ocd thing?

[Guest guest]

>

> Becky

> My 15 yo daughter is/was a cutter. She started cutting when she

was 10 years

> old. It was her way of dealing with her emotional issues....

(anger, hurt,

> embarrassment, stress, school, etc.)

Hi ,

My son is a picker and will scratch himself too. He will squeeze

the blood out- it's almost as though he has a fasination with

blood. One time (that I'm aware of) he cut himself with a knife

(just a small cut on his finger). He said it was an accident, but

I'm not sure.

He says he doesn't want to do it - that it's ocd. Does your

daughter have ocd also? If so, do you think it's an ocd thing?

This is one of those things that really drives me crazy. He has

scabs all over his arms and legs. I worry about him getting an

infection.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

,

I might have already passed this on to you before, but here's a good

article (down below) on skin-picking. I never say OCD can't be

involved in things, but I think with the " spectrum " of disorders that

seem common/co-morbid for people to have together, that they can be

considered separate (OCD and picking, etc.).

I'm sure with the " urges " (whether a feeling of anxiety or just some

feeling of " need to do " ), it can be hard to distinguish the " why " of

what they are doing. I know with that at one time I was

trying to decide if certain things he did were maybe tics or some OCD

ritual/move. And reading about tics and what people feel sometimes

with those, it certainly seems hard to distinguish between the two

when questioning the sufferer (at least in 's case!).

Anyway, some articles:

http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/SkinPicking.html

Above is from this page of articles:

http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Articles.html

Also a good one:

http://www.ocdla.com/compulsiveskinpicking.html

> He says he doesn't want to do it - that it's ocd. Does your

> daughter have ocd also? If so, do you think it's an ocd thing?

> This is one of those things that really drives me crazy. He has

> scabs all over his arms and legs. I worry about him getting an

> infection.

> Thanks,

>

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