Schoolwork

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Just to give a brief update and show how OCD affects things.

's OCD won't let him look at websites that aren't .com or .net

he said. He said this a few months ago too, I believe. Anyway, he's

working on a project for his Japanese class and not being able to look

at those that end in " jp " is making this difficult. SO - when it

comes to schoolwork/grades I " enable. " I printed some out so he

could read. But also last night when I pulled up one trying to find

out exactly what is in some certain museum there in Japan, he said he

I could leave, he thought he could handle it. I guess maybe he could

read it after I pulled it up; or he was so frustrated, he said " to

heck " with OCD and just did it. I dunno.

He's feeling LOTS of stress at school now due to OCD, bad thoughts,

etc. He looks depressed too. I tell him he looks " drugged. " I even

asked if any teachers or anyone have asked him anything (due to the

way he looks in an OCD moment or depressed moment). He's not on any

meds, by the way. End of school year, the regular work, the Japanese

project: pretend you did a 10-day visit; keep a journal and do a

powerpoint slide show; have to have the actual costs of everything

there, what you spent, hotel costs, air fare, sight-seeing....; and

then some 200 vocabulary definitions he has to do for US History. I

really don't see at this rate how he will finish either project, but

right now the Japanese which is due end of this week I believe.

SIGH. I see a LATE, high-anxiety night for the both of us coming up!!

I have mentioned trying a therapist to him (haven't had one yet). So

help me out here with answers - he says he doesn't know how a

therapist will help him since he knows what he needs to do already to

work on his OCD. And since we discuss various ways he can work on his

bad thoughts...hmmm...he's 17 so I can't pick him up and take him!

On the positive side - he did say recently he gets frustrated with his

OCD and makes himself push on anyway (that " to heck with it " ); he's

trying new foods (that is a BIGGIE) but also still avoiding some; he's

doing more stuff around the house to be helpful and to be considerate

(sometimes too helpful & considerate, LOL).

Well, just an update!