Hi all
Im Gill and Im the mum of a 14 year old who has anxieties, phobias and OCD.Ive never experienced any of these myself and knew nothing about them till she was diagnosed about 2 years ago and have been on a very steep learning curve trying to get my head around what she is going through.
She has had cognitive therapy and relaxation therapy but no medication(one of her phobias!)and most of the time seems to cope really well.Ive been told by the psycologists that all I can do is reasure her and support her and I do most of the time but I get really sick of other people who dont understand what she is going through.Other people love telling me how I should treat her or what I should do for her and most of their advise involves ignoring her.
Problem is I sometimes wonder if they are right and I do reasure her too much.She says it helps but it is more or less constant and always about the same thing.
Am I doing the right thing for her by constantly reasuring her or should I try and get her to cope on her own a bit more.
HELP! Ive been on the net most of the day trying to find the answers and though there is loads of advise for people who suffer with these problems there is no advise for people who live with them.I know I cant take her anxieties away and I wouldnt want to change her anyway cos she is wonderful but I wouild like to know Im doing the right thing for her.