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Hi ,

 

I have had many days where I felt like that.

 

My 11 year old daughter's biggest issue a few months ago was that she couldn't

sleep by herself.  I had to sleep with her for months.  Most of the time, she

wouldn't even go to sleep by herself unless I was there, so that meant I had to

let her go to bed very late or go to bed too early myself.  At its very worst,

she didn't even want to be on a different floor than me and would ask me every

time I left the room where I was going.

 

She did have other OCD issues, but this was the one that was most annoying to

her dad and me and the one having the biggest impact on her.

 

We were lucky enough to have an intensive treatment center here where she could

do 3 hours twice each week of ERP.  We started right out with this issue.  The

therapist thought if she was able to do this one, it would help her with the

smaller ones.  I will say that my daughter was not a willing participant in

this, really.  She did recognize the problem but she wouldn't have chosen to

work on it so much.  We didn't give her a choice about working on it.  We just

told her that it was having an impact on the entire family and she needed to

deal with it.  Even though she would have preferred taking baby steps, the ERP

did work for her and she can now sleep by herself and she doesn't need to know

where I am all the time.

 

I know it is hard finding a therapist that can do ERP, but you might consider

looking for one that will be more aggressive and able to devote more time per

week if you can't get this therapist to do it.

 

That is just what worked for us.