What to do if your child has obsessive compulsive disorder?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder. Most people will become extremely anxious after suffering from it, and their brain will be out of control. If they suffer from it for a long time, it will affect their daily life and work. Especially children will become irritable, anxious, uneasy, and even lose their temper after suffering from it. Therefore, obsessive-compulsive disorder must be treated as soon as possible.

Help children with OCD recognize and overcome their character weaknesses. Let children realize that it is inevitable for people to encounter various things in their lives, and guide them to make decisions promptly when dealing with problems and overcome the weakness of indecision. Encourage children to see their own abilities and help them improve their self-confidence.

With the help of a doctor, the child's obsessive-compulsive disorder was corrected through systematic desensitization and behavioral therapies such as reciprocal inhibition and thought termination.

Pay attention to cultivating children's interests and hobbies, such as singing, dancing, listening to music, playing ball, running, etc. Encourage children to participate in more group activities to establish new brain excitation foci to suppress the excitation foci of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, divert children's high attention to obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and facilitate recovery from the disease.

The treatment methods for children's obsessive-compulsive disorder include: For children with more severe obsessive-compulsive symptoms, if the obsessive-compulsive symptoms affect their study and daily life, drug treatment must be carried out.

If the child is a perfectionist, parents should pay attention to communicating more with their children, treat them with a more tolerant attitude, and try to let them release the pressure they feel. Encourage children more and let them have a correct evaluation of themselves. Don't set goals that are too high for your children, and speak to them in an encouraging tone to increase their self-confidence. Parents should avoid their own anxiety, try to relax themselves, learn to let go and let their children do things within their ability, and not blame them when they do not do well.