Verbal Diarrhea

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Hi All! I was gone all weekend with some girlfriends and came home to a bunch

of crap. Two of my " friends " have been talking about me behind my back, and

about Liam. Both our boys were invited to a mutual acquaintance's Friday to

spend the night. Her husband has OCD, so I felt okay with Liam going. She said

the boys were wonderful. They were well behaved, they all played well together

(she has one boy my younger son's age and a two year old), and Liam went to bed

just fine. She said they did great. My " friend " called her and was saying bad

things about Liam and not understanding why she would have him over. The next

morning, she called again hoping to get dirt on Liam. The mom stood up for

Liam! I'm so happy about that but feeling so betrayed and hurt. My other

" friend " is a compulsive liar, her son is a compulsive liar who has stolen money

from our younger son, and she has been singling out and being nasty to Liam. I

know he's challenging, but it's not right to be nasty to Liam. My husband

confronted her today, and she lied her way out of her lies. It's very hurtful,

and like I said, I feel so betrayed. I feel like we can't trust anyone. The

people I thought I could trust are badmouthing me and Liam. They are using

truths I have confided in them against me, and they are in denial about their

own problems. It feels like we have to isolate ourselves. Is it always going

to be this way? Are we never going to be able to have friends because of OCD?

I feel so alone.

On a good note, Liam has been doing better. Bedtime has been a breeze. He's

allowed to get up three times, after that, we don't answer him. He has gotten

to the point the last couple nights where he doesn't even try to talk after the

third time. He goes right to sleep. Hallelujah! Also, he didn't get in

trouble at school today. It might be a one time thing, but I'm hoping the

Celexa is helping. We aren't noticing the aggression or defiance that we were

seeing with Zoloft. The past few mornings, I don't even have to tell him what

to do next. He puts his cereal bowl in the sink and goes to brush his teeth ON

HIS OWN!! This has NEVER happened! So although this may be fleeting, I wanted

to shout out a positive praise thing. It seems there's so much yuck with this

illness that I wanted to acknowledge the good things. Hooray!

Steffanie