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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 262993" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I remember saying to my mom, "You're sick of dealing with it and I'm sick of living with it." It's not something you can turn off, even as an adult or with therapy. Well, I should add that I couldn't turn off the hypochondria and I believe your son is more severe than me. I had breaks sometimes when I didn't worry about my health, but when it hit me, I was obsessed with it. It must have made me seem very self-absorbed and selfish and irritating. But I lived in fear. </p><p>Flurescent lights still bother me, but on the right medications and having been through therapy for thirty years (cognitive therapy being the absolute best type for me) I can deal with it now. I also am not as big a hypochondriac. </p><p>I don't know if they have any sort of cognitive therapy for kids, but if your son is bright, I would try it. It's way different than just talk therapy. A therapist telling me, "Now you KNOW in your head that you're not REALLY sick, right?" didn't help me at all. I'd say, "No, I don't know it. And YOU don't know it." It feeds on itself.</p><p>Buy the book "Feeling Good" by Dr. David Burns. Those methods helped me invaluably. I think that type of therapy, which you can implement at home too, could really help your son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 262993, member: 1550"] I remember saying to my mom, "You're sick of dealing with it and I'm sick of living with it." It's not something you can turn off, even as an adult or with therapy. Well, I should add that I couldn't turn off the hypochondria and I believe your son is more severe than me. I had breaks sometimes when I didn't worry about my health, but when it hit me, I was obsessed with it. It must have made me seem very self-absorbed and selfish and irritating. But I lived in fear. Flurescent lights still bother me, but on the right medications and having been through therapy for thirty years (cognitive therapy being the absolute best type for me) I can deal with it now. I also am not as big a hypochondriac. I don't know if they have any sort of cognitive therapy for kids, but if your son is bright, I would try it. It's way different than just talk therapy. A therapist telling me, "Now you KNOW in your head that you're not REALLY sick, right?" didn't help me at all. I'd say, "No, I don't know it. And YOU don't know it." It feeds on itself. Buy the book "Feeling Good" by Dr. David Burns. Those methods helped me invaluably. I think that type of therapy, which you can implement at home too, could really help your son. [/QUOTE]
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