Re: Follow up question to Dr. Chansky - BJ - Reply

[Guest guest]

Dear BJ,

It is my pleasure.

When I wrote my OCD book about 10+ years ago now, I had interviewed an NIMH

researcher about this overlap. He said that it is common because both disorders

involve a filtering problem-- for OCD-- thoughts about harm, for sensory issues,

it is repeated sensory messages-- " this is tight, this smells, " etc. Instead of

those messages getting filtered, they get repeated which causes more anxiety and

stress.

Often kids do a gradual desensitization invisibly in the course of normal life.

This may be spurred on by a desire to eat pizza at parties like other kids, or

whatever the case may be, the desire to do what everyone else is doing helps

kids feel motivated to take chances and try.

Hope that is helpful.

All best to you,

Tamar Chansky

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> Thank you so much, Dr. Chansky for giving your time to our group. I hope you

know that we all appreciate it very much.

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> I have a question about your reply to one of the members. You said that if

there is no belief system about the sensitivities, then it isn't OCD, which

makes perfect sense, but is there any consensus as to why so many with OCD also

have sensitivity issues? It seems like a rather high percentage of kids who

have OCD also are highly sensitive to sounds, clothing, etc. Does the anxiety

play any part in that? For instance, generally when one is anxious, they are

less patient with anything that bothers them. Just wondering if any at the

workshop had any insight that we might find interesting and useful.

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> We found our son improved as he got older too, without having had any

treatment for it (not knowing how to treat it when he was young and when he was

more prone to having problems). Is that common to sort of outgrow the

sensitivities, or have them improve?

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> Thanks,

> BJ

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[Guest guest]

Thank you very much. That gives me a much clearer understanding of it.

Very much appreciated.

BJ

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> > Thank you so much, Dr. Chansky for giving your time to our group. I hope

you know that we all appreciate it very much.

> >

> > I have a question about your reply to one of the members. You said that if

there is no belief system about the sensitivities, then it isn't OCD, which

makes perfect sense, but is there any consensus as to why so many with OCD also

have sensitivity issues? It seems like a rather high percentage of kids who

have OCD also are highly sensitive to sounds, clothing, etc. Does the anxiety

play any part in that? For instance, generally when one is anxious, they are

less patient with anything that bothers them. Just wondering if any at the

workshop had any insight that we might find interesting and useful.

> >

> > We found our son improved as he got older too, without having had any

treatment for it (not knowing how to treat it when he was young and when he was

more prone to having problems). Is that common to sort of outgrow the

sensitivities, or have them improve?

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> > Thanks,

> > BJ

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