Comments on: Living with OCD: Call Me Mufasa http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa Contains information on various special needs from the unique perspective of the adoptive parents of special children. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:07:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nancyderen http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa/comment-page-1#comment-1847 nancyderen Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:47:52 +0000 http://parenting-sp.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/06/14/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa#comment-1847 My daughter's OCD can be one of her more annoying issues, although Anafranil helped her a lot with the symptoms of being completely consumed by obsessions and extremely aggressive when an obsession was interrupted. Lion King was one of her obsessions for awhile, too. I also work with adults who have developmental and psych disabilities, and one of my guys always introduces himself to people as "Dr.Sobel" from the movie Analyze This. At this point we can be walking down a city street and have people in stores yelling, "Hey, Dr. Sobel!" and he is thrilled. Most people seem to get a kick out of it. It does signal to people that he needs some special consideration when they meet him! My daughter’s OCD can be one of her more annoying issues, although Anafranil helped her a lot with the symptoms of being completely consumed by obsessions and extremely aggressive when an obsession was interrupted. Lion King was one of her obsessions for awhile, too. I also work with adults who have developmental and psych disabilities, and one of my guys always introduces himself to people as “Dr.Sobel” from the movie Analyze This. At this point we can be walking down a city street and have people in stores yelling, “Hey, Dr. Sobel!” and he is thrilled. Most people seem to get a kick out of it. It does signal to people that he needs some special consideration when they meet him!

]]> By: Julia Fuller http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa/comment-page-1#comment-1846 Julia Fuller Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:05:39 +0000 http://parenting-sp.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/06/14/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa#comment-1846 My 4 year old is stuck on Lion King, we've watched it every day for the past 2 weeks! My 4 year old is stuck on Lion King, we’ve watched it every day for the past 2 weeks!

]]> By: Faith Allen http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa/comment-page-1#comment-1845 Faith Allen Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:40:34 +0000 http://parenting-sp.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/06/14/living-with-ocd-call-me-mufasa#comment-1845 Hey, Julie. I don't know if this will be helpful or not, but I will throw this out there in case it is.<br /> <br /> In my experience talking with numerous survivors of childhood abuse, there appears to be a link between anxiety and repressed anger. I know people (all adults) who learned healthy ways to process and honor their anger and rage. As they did, their anxiety disorders, including OCD symptoms, eased dramatically. <br /> <br /> Repressed anger has nowhere to go, so it turns on the person repressing it. The person experiences this as either anxiety or depression (or both). I don't know LuLu's history, but most children who have been traumatized have rage issues to work through. I, personally, thought that I just did not have a temper at all, but I struggled w/OCD for most of my life until I got in touch with my anger and learned how to appropriately express it. <br /> <br /> Any time I find myself experiencing high levels of anxiety again, I do self-exploration looking for anger. In most cases, I find it. After I process the anger, the anxiety eases.<br /> <br /> Again -- Not sure if this is helpful, but I figured sharing this couldn't hurt. :0)<br /> <br /> - Faith Hey, Julie. I don’t know if this will be helpful or not, but I will throw this out there in case it is.

In my experience talking with numerous survivors of childhood abuse, there appears to be a link between anxiety and repressed anger. I know people (all adults) who learned healthy ways to process and honor their anger and rage. As they did, their anxiety disorders, including OCD symptoms, eased dramatically.

Repressed anger has nowhere to go, so it turns on the person repressing it. The person experiences this as either anxiety or depression (or both). I don’t know LuLu’s history, but most children who have been traumatized have rage issues to work through. I, personally, thought that I just did not have a temper at all, but I struggled w/OCD for most of my life until I got in touch with my anger and learned how to appropriately express it.

Any time I find myself experiencing high levels of anxiety again, I do self-exploration looking for anger. In most cases, I find it. After I process the anger, the anxiety eases.

Again — Not sure if this is helpful, but I figured sharing this couldn’t hurt. :0)

- Faith

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