Re: WELL ... IT'S NOW DAY 3!

[Guest guest]

,

Believe it or not, I'm already thinking that way about

Noah being gone, and he hasn't even left yet! Guess

that's the definition of " Mom " .

Aren't they lucky we care so much?

F.

--- cward_ri <cward_ri@...> wrote:

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from

> at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just

> right feeling " comes

> from me! It is driving me crazy not to know exactly

> what he is doing

> and have that sense of constant reassurance! I

> guess to one degree or

> another, we all have our own issues.

>

> Well, have a good day everyone.

>

> in TN

>

>

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[Guest guest]

,

Believe it or not, I'm already thinking that way about

Noah being gone, and he hasn't even left yet! Guess

that's the definition of " Mom " .

Aren't they lucky we care so much?

F.

--- cward_ri <cward_ri@...> wrote:

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from

> at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just

> right feeling " comes

> from me! It is driving me crazy not to know exactly

> what he is doing

> and have that sense of constant reassurance! I

> guess to one degree or

> another, we all have our own issues.

>

> Well, have a good day everyone.

>

> in TN

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I think we, as parents with kids who have special problems, have a

harder time when our kids are away. We have much more to worry about

than parents of children without problems. I would feel the same way

you are, , and Josh is 15. Chances are though, is having

a great time, or else you would get the phone call.

I find sometimes when Josh is involved in a fun activity, he is able

to put his OCD aside, for the most part, and just enjoy himself. I

hope that is the case for your too.

I think our kids are so courageous. They have to get up every day and

face this " thing " that tries to control them, fight it, and try to

win. . .And still try to enjoy life to some degree. For to

leave home for camp is very courageous, and I hope he is reaping the

benefits by having a really great time.

BJ

>

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just right feeling " comes

> from me! It is driving me crazy not to know exactly what he is doing

> and have that sense of constant reassurance! I guess to one degree or

> another, we all have our own issues.

>

> Well, have a good day everyone.

>

> in TN

>

[Guest guest]

Hi , it is hard to let go, to not know how they are doing! I've

got too good an imagination of what *might* be happening.

But be assured he would find some way to call you if he was

miserable. So - no news is good news!

>

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just right feeling " comes

> from me!

[Guest guest]

Hi , it is hard to let go, to not know how they are doing! I've

got too good an imagination of what *might* be happening.

But be assured he would find some way to call you if he was

miserable. So - no news is good news!

>

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just right feeling " comes

> from me!

[Guest guest]

My daughter has never been able to do sleep aways, except for the kids next

door. But she really is braver when other kids are around....especially if she

is the older one and needing to babysit younger ones. Distractions work

great...they work great for my OCD too!

Laurie

svdbyhislove <BJClosner@...> wrote:

I think we, as parents with kids who have special problems, have a

harder time when our kids are away. We have much more to worry about

than parents of children without problems. I would feel the same way

you are, , and Josh is 15. Chances are though, is having

a great time, or else you would get the phone call.

I find sometimes when Josh is involved in a fun activity, he is able

to put his OCD aside, for the most part, and just enjoy himself. I

hope that is the case for your too.

I think our kids are so courageous. They have to get up every day and

face this " thing " that tries to control them, fight it, and try to

win. . .And still try to enjoy life to some degree. For to

leave home for camp is very courageous, and I hope he is reaping the

benefits by having a really great time.

BJ

>

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just right feeling " comes

> from me! It is driving me crazy not to know exactly what he is doing

> and have that sense of constant reassurance! I guess to one degree or

> another, we all have our own issues.

>

> Well, have a good day everyone.

>

> in TN

>

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[Guest guest]

My daughter has never been able to do sleep aways, except for the kids next

door. But she really is braver when other kids are around....especially if she

is the older one and needing to babysit younger ones. Distractions work

great...they work great for my OCD too!

Laurie

svdbyhislove <BJClosner@...> wrote:

I think we, as parents with kids who have special problems, have a

harder time when our kids are away. We have much more to worry about

than parents of children without problems. I would feel the same way

you are, , and Josh is 15. Chances are though, is having

a great time, or else you would get the phone call.

I find sometimes when Josh is involved in a fun activity, he is able

to put his OCD aside, for the most part, and just enjoy himself. I

hope that is the case for your too.

I think our kids are so courageous. They have to get up every day and

face this " thing " that tries to control them, fight it, and try to

win. . .And still try to enjoy life to some degree. For to

leave home for camp is very courageous, and I hope he is reaping the

benefits by having a really great time.

BJ

>

> Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from at Scout

> Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

>

> I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just right feeling " comes

> from me! It is driving me crazy not to know exactly what he is doing

> and have that sense of constant reassurance! I guess to one degree or

> another, we all have our own issues.

>

> Well, have a good day everyone.

>

> in TN

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh ... I talked to and I don't think he's having any ocd troubles, but

he is so homesick ... poor little guy. He gets overwhelmed very easily and they

are throwing things at them very quickly - a lot of things and it is very fast

paced. He doesn't do great in situations like that as he also has a processing

disorder. He sounds very unsettled/nervous.

My husband is going to go up and spend the rest of the week with him. I don't

want him to come home and we want it to be a positive experience he can feel

good about! He won't share a tent with my husband, but at least he can help him

out a little and give it will help with the homesickness. He told he

was already planning on going up.

But 3 days for his first time away from home is not bad and next year it will

all be more familiar. He has been in cub scouts in the past, but then had a 2

yr break and now has only been back in scouts for a month.

Thanks for listening!

in TN

cward_ri <cward_ri@...> wrote:

Okay, it is now 3 days and I have not heard from at Scout

Camp! I guess no news is good news, right?

I'm wondering now if his need to " get that just right feeling " comes

from me! It is driving me crazy not to know exactly what he is doing

and have that sense of constant reassurance! I guess to one degree or

another, we all have our own issues.

Well, have a good day everyone.

in TN

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[Guest guest]

,

I think it's great he went for awhile on his own and that your husband

is going. Now you can relax and enjoy the rest of the week, right? ;-)

Dina

[Guest guest]

Hi, there

It's just my daughter's case.

Aya had OCD-contamination fear of her own secretion-since she was 5yr. old. I

was

involved in her rituals too much that we could not live independently for more

than 7

years. I took part in her school camp,keeping a hotel near the camp site for us

for the

nights. I did that twice. I believed she could not make it without me.

In the end she was hospitalized in a children's general psyc. ward for 1 month.

There she

did not get a standard treatment for OCD. But her countless rituals were

minimized to her

core issues only. In the summer when she was 13yr. old she wanted to go on a

2 week-

trip with her best friend. As she had not got the right therapy she was not

symptom free at

all. But she really wanted to go and actually she made it.

Now I know she ,like all the other children, naturally has a desire to be

independent. And

even she has OCD when she really wants something, she can reach it. She has all

the

potentials just except OCD. And the last thing, if she admits the vital

treatment she can

make the most of her potentials.

AKIKO

[Guest guest]

Akiko,

How beautiful, and what a great reminder that as we

get sucked into our OCD kids' lives, we must keep

their goal for independence in mind.

Thanks!

F.

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