20/20 and OCD sickness !

VERY  INTERESTING  PROGRAM  ON  THE  FAMOUS  20/20  ABC  TONIGHT.

IT  WAS  ABOUT  CHILDREN  WITH  FEARS  AND  OCD  SICKNESS [obsessive-compulsive disorder]

YOU  KNOW  YOU'VE  HEARD  ABOUT  THE  PEOPLE  WHO  HAVE  TO  WASH  THEIR  HANDS  100  TIMES  A  DAY.

WELL  THERE  ARE  OCD  PEOPLE  WITH  DIFFERENT  TYPES  OF  FEARS  OR  COMPULSIONS.

20/20  FOLLOWED  4  OF  THEM  5  YEARS  AGO  AND  THEIR  INDIVIDUAL  OCD  PROBLEMS,  THEN,  THEIR  TREATMENTS,  AND  WHERE  THEY  ARE  TODAY.

IT  REALLY  IS  A  TRUE  SICKNESS.  MAY  SEEM  AT  TIMES  WITH  SOME,  THAT  IT  SHOULD  NOT  BE  REAL,  AS  STRANGE  AS  THEY  ARE  WITH  THEIR  OCD  ABNORMALITY.

BUT  IT  REALLY  IS  TRUE...... IT  REALLY  IS  A  MENTAL  SICKNESS,  THAT  DOES  NEED  IN  SOME  CASES  EXPERT  HELP  AND  VERY  PATIENT  PARENTS.

AS  I'M  WATCHING  ALL  THIS,  IT  CAME  TO  MY  MIND,  THAT  INDEED  I  HAD  MY  OWN  OCD  SICKNESS  AS  A  KID.

I  WAS  ABOUT  10  OR  11,  MAYBE  BEFORE  10,  CAN  NOT  QUITE  REMEMBER  NOW  FOR  HOW  LONG  I  HAD  MY  OCD.

WHAT  WAS  MINE?

I  WAS  TERRIFIED  OF  THE  DARK!  

I  COULD  NOT  GO  TO  SLEEP  IN  A  NO  LIGHT  BEDROOM.  COMPLETE  DARKNESS  I  WAS  TERRIFIED  OF.  MY  PARENTS  HAD  TO  LEAVE  THE  BEDROOM  DOOR  SLIGHTLY OPEN  WITH  LIGHT  COMING  IN  FROM  THE  HALL.  WHEN  KEEPING  THE  HALL  LIGHT  ON  WAS  NOT  THE  BEST,  MY  PARENTS  HAD  TO  BUY  A  CANDLE  NIGHT  LIGHT  TO  PUT  NEAR  MY  BED.

A  SIMPLE  ANSWER  TO  MY  CHILDHOOD  OCD;  SURE  NOT  AS  COMPLICATED  AS  THE  FOUR  YOUNG  PEOPLE  THEY  HAD  ON  20/20.

BUT  YES  IT  WAS  A  TYPE  OF  OCD  I  HAD.  AND  FOR  NO  APPARENT  REASON.

THE  LITTLE  NIGHT  LIGHT  WAS  THE  ANSWER  AND  EVENTUALLY  I  GUESS  I  JUST  OUT  GREW  MY  "TERRIFIED  OF  THE  DARK"  SYNDROME.

MODERN  SCIENCE  WITH  THE  FOUR  YOUNG  PERSON  SHOWED  DIFFERENCES  IN THE  BRAIN  PATTERNS,  ONE  FROM  THE  OTHER,  AS  THE  FOUR  HAD  EACH  THEIR  OWN  OCD  SICKNESS....... CERTAIN  TRIGGERS  OF  THE  BRAIN  WERE  NOT  SHUTTING  OFF,  OR  TELLING  THE  BRAIN  TO  SAY.....  "NO  NEED  TO  WASH  YOUR  HANDS  THIS  TIME"  SAY  IN  THE  OCD  OF  FOREVER  WASHING  HANDS.

CERTAIN  THERAPY  CAN  BE  UNDERTAKEN  FOR  EACH  OCD.

20/20  SHOWED  THE  TYPES  OF  THERAPY  USED  FOR  EACH  OF  THE  FOUR  YOUNGSTERS  WITH  THEIR  PARTICULAR  OCD.

SO  OCD  IS  INDEED  A  SICKNESS,  BUT  IT  CAN  [AS  WAS  SHOWN]  BE  OVERCOME  WITH  THE  RIGHT  THERAPY  AND  PATIENCE.

GOOD  20/20  PROGRAM....... GO  TO  THEIR  WEBSITE  AND  WATCH  IT.  YOU'LL  BE  EDUCATED  ON  THE  SICKNESS  IF  IT  EVER  COMES  YOUR  WAY  IN  YOUR  FAMILY  OR  FAMILIES  YOU  KNOW.
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