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<blockquote data-quote="AtTheEndOfMyWits" data-source="post: 759467" data-attributes="member: 26513"><p>My 13 year old son has displayed erratic behavioral traits since he was very small. They inevitably took the form of some obsessive-compulsive behavior such as </p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ensuring that the doormat is "straight"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Cracking his knuckles to the point where they hurt</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Plucking at his eyebrows in the belief that they were too long</li> </ol><p>By and large these obsessions were relatively short-lived and went away within a few months time. In the interim we had always hoped that as he grew up and approached puberty this would stop happening. The reality has been quite the opposite. For over a year now he has an obsession with cleanliness. It manifests itself in the form of endless washing, the use of copious amounts of soap etc. This lurks over our heads all day but gets utterly unbearable in the evenings. He compounds the misery by always being late to start his homework, not concentrating when he does, being obsessed with electronic gadgets...</p><p></p><p>All our efforts to help him rationalize, gradually wean him out of his habits, getting him to appreciate the horrible price that the rest of his family are paying have led to naught.</p><p></p><p>Things have now reached a point where his behavior is disrupting the functioning of our family. It hurts his little sister (who is quite the opposite and completely normal), has driven my wife to sleepless nights and has lead us to even discuss divorce. We are currently taking him to a child psychologist but the experience is not very convincing. We have lengthy conversation sessions which end with the "next appointment".</p><p></p><p>I'd hugely appreciate any help and pointers from fellow parents who have lived through anything like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtTheEndOfMyWits, post: 759467, member: 26513"] My 13 year old son has displayed erratic behavioral traits since he was very small. They inevitably took the form of some obsessive-compulsive behavior such as [LIST=1] [*]Ensuring that the doormat is "straight" [*]Cracking his knuckles to the point where they hurt [*]Plucking at his eyebrows in the belief that they were too long [/LIST] By and large these obsessions were relatively short-lived and went away within a few months time. In the interim we had always hoped that as he grew up and approached puberty this would stop happening. The reality has been quite the opposite. For over a year now he has an obsession with cleanliness. It manifests itself in the form of endless washing, the use of copious amounts of soap etc. This lurks over our heads all day but gets utterly unbearable in the evenings. He compounds the misery by always being late to start his homework, not concentrating when he does, being obsessed with electronic gadgets... All our efforts to help him rationalize, gradually wean him out of his habits, getting him to appreciate the horrible price that the rest of his family are paying have led to naught. Things have now reached a point where his behavior is disrupting the functioning of our family. It hurts his little sister (who is quite the opposite and completely normal), has driven my wife to sleepless nights and has lead us to even discuss divorce. We are currently taking him to a child psychologist but the experience is not very convincing. We have lengthy conversation sessions which end with the "next appointment". I'd hugely appreciate any help and pointers from fellow parents who have lived through anything like this. [/QUOTE]
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