Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 My 9yr old daughter is a picker. She has scars all over her body. She is constantly opening every new sore she gets.I asked her about it AGAIN the other day, and she says, " Mom, this is not ocd. I like to watch the blood run down my legs " .Everytime I see her she is bleeding somewhere from something she has picked. She starts CBT therapy in 2 weeks. The therapist seems to think she can get her to stop.I have tried everything to get her to stop this, but nothing has worked. Have you had any success with therapy? hugs Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Judy~ Is the picking something new your daughter has recently started doing? My sister (48 yrs old) has trichotillomania and is also a skin picker with scars all over her arms. She has never had therapy although I've encouraged it numerous times. I'll be anxious to hear if the therapy is successful for your daughter. When my son was diagnosed OCD and neither my husband nor I have it, the docs asked if it was in either of our families to which we responded " no " . I later realized with my sisters issues---there is a connection so I guess it's from my family. I can't remember, is your daughter on meds for OCD? Glenda jchabot <jchabot@...> wrote: My 9yr old daughter is a picker. She has scars all over her body. She is constantly opening every new sore she gets.I asked her about it AGAIN the other day, and she says, " Mom, this is not ocd. I like to watch the blood run down my legs " .Everytime I see her she is bleeding somewhere from something she has picked. She starts CBT therapy in 2 weeks. The therapist seems to think she can get her to stop.I have tried everything to get her to stop this, but nothing has worked. Have you had any success with therapy? hugs Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 We have had pretty good success with a reward system. I have found that my daughter needs a daily reward for not picking and it needs to be a good one. I had trouble with pulling out my eyelashes for so many years, I thought I'd never be able to stop but managed to stop for the most part (I slip once in awhile) when I worked with Hannah and her feet. I found that it was best to not even touch my eyelashes. I paid Hannah last summer to stop scratching mosquito bites--her idea. She hates the scars. I don't know if it is OCD or not--I know that a lot of OCD'ers are pickers but am not sure it has anything to do with OCD. Good luck. It's a tough one. Kelley in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Hi Glenda, just a thought for your daughter since she's not interested in therapy. Inositol powder helps trich in some people and skin-picking. Here's some info, she might want to give it a try. http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Inositol.html http://www.trichotillomaniahelp.com/2/ttm.html http://www.trichotillomanie.de/john_kender_diaet_2.html > My 9yr old daughter is a picker. She has scars all over her body. She is constantly opening every new sore she gets.I asked her about it AGAIN the other day, and she says, " Mom, this is not ocd. I like to watch the blood run down my legs " .Everytime I see her she is bleeding somewhere from something she has picked. She starts CBT therapy in 2 weeks. The therapist seems to think she can get her to stop.I have tried everything to get her to stop this, but nothing has worked. Have you had any success with therapy? > hugs > Judy > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 don't know why it worked but I let dd see scars on my 20 year old niece from skin picking and she stopped - my other dd (non OCD so far )had been picking one particular spot and I put vitamin E on and told her leave it and it will heal - she actually listened and it healed so quick there was nothing left to really pick at I guess -so not really sure why but we had 2 success stories recently with that good luck Eileen Quoting <@...>: > Hi Glenda, just a thought for your daughter since she's not > interested in therapy. Inositol powder helps trich in some people > and skin-picking. > Here's some info, she might want to give it a try. > http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/Inositol.html > http://www.trichotillomaniahelp.com/2/ttm.html > http://www.trichotillomanie.de/john_kender_diaet_2.html > > > > > > >> My 9yr old daughter is a picker. She has scars all over > her body. She is constantly opening every new sore she gets.I asked > her about it AGAIN the other day, and she says, " Mom, this is not ocd. > I like to watch the blood run down my legs " .Everytime I see her she > is bleeding somewhere from something she has picked. She starts CBT > therapy in 2 weeks. The therapist seems to think she can get her to > stop.I have tried everything to get her to stop this, but nothing has > worked. Have you had any success with therapy? >> hugs >> Judy >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 It's tough, I know. Hannah really wanted to stop picking her feet and she really wanted the reward, Star Wars Figures, which just happened to be another obsession of hers. I read something in a book that when a person feels like picking or pulling out their hair, they should stretch their hands out so that their fingers are spread and they really feel it. This did help Hannah with the picking but did nothing for me with the eyelash pulling. Also, explaining to Hannah that she would really want to pick once she started to resist but that if she waited it out, the feeling would go away really made a difference. She figured she was going to go through life just having to ignore the feeling. She didn't know the feeling would go away. Kelley in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 I always remind my daughter that she'll have these scars for life. She says that they will go away and she's not worried. (very defiant) I could try another reward system, but the thing is she also picks in bed at night. Her sheets are always stained with blood. My other 2 kids with ocd do not pick. I have ocd and I will do it also. I know how difficult it is to stop. I have noticed if I'm really stressed out I do it much more frequently. what to do? (sigh) Hugs Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 I always remind my daughter that she'll have these scars for life. She says that they will go away and she's not worried. (very defiant) I could try another reward system, but the thing is she also picks in bed at night. Her sheets are always stained with blood. My other 2 kids with ocd do not pick. I have ocd and I will do it also. I know how difficult it is to stop. I have noticed if I'm really stressed out I do it much more frequently. what to do? (sigh) Hugs Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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