Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 Well, our whole family ended up watching the OCD show on Disc. channel last night. I was worried that it might upset Annie, but she LOVED it. When they said that the numbers of people now reach almost 3% of the population, she cheered and said (fist in the air) " we're taking over!! Watch out world! " We also had group cheers for Dr. Swedo when she came on (one of my heroes) and other familiar names. After it was over Annie's two main comments were that she can't imagine obsessing for 12 hours a day. " I only do it for one, or two max. " That's the first time she has admitted to me that it is ever more than a fleeting thing. And she said, " I know no one can understand OCD, even me, but I just CAN'T UNDERSTAND why that lady just doesn't throw the junk out!?! " I thought it was interesting that even an OCD-sufferer can't get into the head of someone with a different flavor of OCD. And despite some sensationalism, I thought it was reasonably well done. They did stress the hopeful side of things at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 Yes, Jake watched it too and I was afraid that he might get ideas for more obsessions...it didn't upset him too much, except for the part where the woman had her daughter taken away... I tried to explain that they chose the most extreme cases. Re: Disc. Channel show Well, our whole family ended up watching the OCD show on Disc. channel last night. I was worried that it might upset Annie, but she LOVED it. When they said that the numbers of people now reach almost 3% of the population, she cheered and said (fist in the air) " we're taking over!! Watch out world! " We also had group cheers for Dr. Swedo when she came on (one of my heroes) and other familiar names. After it was over Annie's two main comments were that she can't imagine obsessing for 12 hours a day. " I only do it for one, or two max. " That's the first time she has admitted to me that it is ever more than a fleeting thing. And she said, " I know no one can understand OCD, even me, but I just CAN'T UNDERSTAND why that lady just doesn't throw the junk out!?! " I thought it was interesting that even an OCD-sufferer can't get into the head of someone with a different flavor of OCD. And despite some sensationalism, I thought it was reasonably well done. They did stress the hopeful side of things at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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