Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Wow, it sounds like she is a special little girl and doing really well. I agree, very impressive and self aware. J dreams update Abby had a therapy appt yesterday and I mentioned to her therapist about her OCD dreams. Turns out they are actually a good thing! She said it is her way of working through some of her issues on her own, in a safe place. When Abby has these dreams, she does tell me about them, but just once - not over and over, and she is calm about it - not upset, and she isnt needing reassurance from me - she is just wanting to tell me, I listen, that is it. It is safe for her, she isnt having the anxiety like if she were doing these things in real life, and she sees that she can conquer her worries. She has had less real life worries since having these dreams. Abby has also come up with her own way to calm herself down, or to distract herself when she is in a bad OCD mode. She pretends she is sitting under an apple tree with her eyes closed, and tells me everything she hears, feels, smells, etc, with her other senses. It works very well and she came up with this on her own. Her therapist was very impressed with that! They also talked some about her not going to kindergarten this year and waiting until she is 6. Abby has a big thing about wanting to be the oldest, instead of the youngest, and was talking to her therapist about this. She said Abby seems very happy and comfortable with the decision. Abby is 5 and her sister is 3. The other thing she told the therapist is that she doesnt have to worry about some of her worries any more because her sister doesnt worry about them. So she is seeing that certain things dont bother other people, so maybe she can let them go and not have to worry about them. It used to be the opposite, it bothered her that SHE worried and other people didnt. Now it is helping her. She has made such great improvements over the last year, it is amazing. haron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Thank you . She has always been very self aware, about most things. I was thinking back to some of the things she did, or couldnt do, and how she has made HUGE steps. At her worst, she would wake during the night to wash her hands, then walk back to her bed with her hands in front of her, like a surgeon, to be sure they didnt touch anything else before she got to bed. She couldnt pick up things that were on the floor, they had germs on them, as did the floor. I am so glad we got help for her and she is doing so well. I hope it continues and things never go back to as bad as they were in the past. Sharon dreams update Abby had a therapy appt yesterday and I mentioned to her therapist about her OCD dreams. Turns out they are actually a good thing! She said it is her way of working through some of her issues on her own, in a safe place. When Abby has these dreams, she does tell me about them, but just once - not over and over, and she is calm about it - not upset, and she isnt needing reassurance from me - she is just wanting to tell me, I listen, that is it. It is safe for her, she isnt having the anxiety like if she were doing these things in real life, and she sees that she can conquer her worries. She has had less real life worries since having these dreams. Abby has also come up with her own way to calm herself down, or to distract herself when she is in a bad OCD mode. She pretends she is sitting under an apple tree with her eyes closed, and tells me everything she hears, feels, smells, etc, with her other senses. It works very well and she came up with this on her own. Her therapist was very impressed with that! They also talked some about her not going to kindergarten this year and waiting until she is 6. Abby has a big thing about wanting to be the oldest, instead of the youngest, and was talking to her therapist about this. She said Abby seems very happy and comfortable with the decision. Abby is 5 and her sister is 3. The other thing she told the therapist is that she doesnt have to worry about some of her worries any more because her sister doesnt worry about them. So she is seeing that certain things dont bother other people, so maybe she can let them go and not have to worry about them. It used to be the opposite, it bothered her that SHE worried and other people didnt. Now it is helping her. She has made such great improvements over the last year, it is amazing. haron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 so glad to hear!!!! on a down note here - more things are popping up or back now that some clothing is being tolerated - today was (as far as I know in her two years )the first ever school fit - she couldn't stop playing with the chalk and the teacher made her and she threw a fit -I need to get more details from her and the teacher - maybe she just didn't want to??? but dh says OCD or not she can't throw fits and needs to be taught the consequences - I'm with him BUT I hate to punisit together there I don't know who is right here or how to handle this?????? Eileen PS the teacher is great and even called home once and asked if it was ok to be firm and I said yes because she's smart as a whip and will take advantage of the " too nice " teacher Quoting kidsnpets <sdonovan1@...>: > Abby had a therapy appt yesterday and I mentioned to her therapist > about her OCD dreams. Turns out they are actually a good thing! She > said it is her way of working through some of her issues on her own, > in a safe place. When Abby has these dreams, she does tell me about > them, but just once - not over and over, and she is calm about it - > not upset, and she isnt needing reassurance from me - she is just > wanting to tell me, I listen, that is it. It is safe for her, she > isnt having the anxiety like if she were doing these things in real > life, and she sees that she can conquer her worries. She has had > less real life worries since having these dreams. > > Abby has also come up with her own way to calm herself down, or to > distract herself when she is in a bad OCD mode. She pretends she is > sitting under an apple tree with her eyes closed, and tells me > everything she hears, feels, smells, etc, with her other senses. It > works very well and she came up with this on her own. Her therapist > was very impressed with that! > > They also talked some about her not going to kindergarten this year > and waiting until she is 6. Abby has a big thing about wanting to be > the oldest, instead of the youngest, and was talking to her therapist > about this. She said Abby seems very happy and comfortable with the > decision. > > Abby is 5 and her sister is 3. The other thing she told the > therapist is that she doesnt have to worry about some of her worries > any more because her sister doesnt worry about them. So she is > seeing that certain things dont bother other people, so maybe she can > let them go and not have to worry about them. It used to be the > opposite, it bothered her that SHE worried and other people didnt. > Now it is helping her. She has made such great improvements over the > last year, it is amazing. > > haron > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Personally, since it was a fit at school, not at home, I would let the teacher handle it. I would just try to get more info from both of them about what happened and how it could be avoided in the future. Abby wore jeans (elastic waist) and a zip up sweat shirt yesterday! When she put the sweatshirt on (nothing on under) she said the zipper bothered her a little, but that was ok! WOW! SHe did fidget a little with it, but kept it on. She usually sleeps naked, or with just underwear on, but even slept with the clothes on! Sharon Re: dreams update so glad to hear!!!! on a down note here - more things are popping up or back now that some clothing is being tolerated - today was (as far as I know in her two years )the first ever school fit - she couldn't stop playing with the chalk and the teacher made her and she threw a fit -I need to get more details from her and the teacher - maybe she just didn't want to??? but dh says OCD or not she can't throw fits and needs to be taught the consequences - I'm with him BUT I hate to punisit together there I don't know who is right here or how to handle this?????? Eileen PS the teacher is great and even called home once and asked if it was ok to be firm and I said yes because she's smart as a whip and will take advantage of the " too nice " teacher Quoting kidsnpets <sdonovan1@...>: > Abby had a therapy appt yesterday and I mentioned to her therapist > about her OCD dreams. Turns out they are actually a good thing! She > said it is her way of working through some of her issues on her own, > in a safe place. When Abby has these dreams, she does tell me about > them, but just once - not over and over, and she is calm about it - > not upset, and she isnt needing reassurance from me - she is just > wanting to tell me, I listen, that is it. It is safe for her, she > isnt having the anxiety like if she were doing these things in real > life, and she sees that she can conquer her worries. She has had > less real life worries since having these dreams. > > Abby has also come up with her own way to calm herself down, or to > distract herself when she is in a bad OCD mode. She pretends she is > sitting under an apple tree with her eyes closed, and tells me > everything she hears, feels, smells, etc, with her other senses. It > works very well and she came up with this on her own. Her therapist > was very impressed with that! > > They also talked some about her not going to kindergarten this year > and waiting until she is 6. Abby has a big thing about wanting to be > the oldest, instead of the youngest, and was talking to her therapist > about this. She said Abby seems very happy and comfortable with the > decision. > > Abby is 5 and her sister is 3. The other thing she told the > therapist is that she doesnt have to worry about some of her worries > any more because her sister doesnt worry about them. So she is > seeing that certain things dont bother other people, so maybe she can > let them go and not have to worry about them. It used to be the > opposite, it bothered her that SHE worried and other people didnt. > Now it is helping her. She has made such great improvements over the > last year, it is amazing. > > haron > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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