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<blockquote data-quote="Peace Please" data-source="post: 423017" data-attributes="member: 11492"><p>Has your son every been evaluated for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? The picking at skin and phobias sound exactly like I was at that age. I was not diagnosed until I was 19, after I left home for college and fell apart, but my psychiatrist says that I have probably had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) my entire life. I chewed the skin off the ends of my fingers to the point of drawing blood. I scratched my scalp so much, clumps of hair were falling out. I have now learned that I was doing these things because of the anxiety I was feeling with no way of alleviating it. I was also VERY afraid of a lot of things. Sleeping in my room alone, being alone at all, dirt, germs, spiders, snakes, the dark, etc, etc... Mainly, the phobias were because of unrealistic fears going through my mind (the nature of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) beast). I thought there was a monster in my closet, every spider or snake was deadly poisonous, germs or dirt could get inside me and make me sick or kill me. Have you asked him why he is afraid of certain things? </p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry I don't have advice regarding the other behavior. I'm still learning about oppositional behavior and tantrums and how to deal with those in my DF's DS. Hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peace Please, post: 423017, member: 11492"] Has your son every been evaluated for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? The picking at skin and phobias sound exactly like I was at that age. I was not diagnosed until I was 19, after I left home for college and fell apart, but my psychiatrist says that I have probably had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) my entire life. I chewed the skin off the ends of my fingers to the point of drawing blood. I scratched my scalp so much, clumps of hair were falling out. I have now learned that I was doing these things because of the anxiety I was feeling with no way of alleviating it. I was also VERY afraid of a lot of things. Sleeping in my room alone, being alone at all, dirt, germs, spiders, snakes, the dark, etc, etc... Mainly, the phobias were because of unrealistic fears going through my mind (the nature of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) beast). I thought there was a monster in my closet, every spider or snake was deadly poisonous, germs or dirt could get inside me and make me sick or kill me. Have you asked him why he is afraid of certain things? I'm sorry I don't have advice regarding the other behavior. I'm still learning about oppositional behavior and tantrums and how to deal with those in my DF's DS. Hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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