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The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Is it OCD or typical early childhood behavior?

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Is your four-year old lining up toys? Do they love washing their hands over and over? Does your child get frustrated if routines are broken? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a diagnosis we see, but not all behaviors are considered OCD. In honor of OCD Awareness Week, I welcome Michelle Massi who is a mom and a therapist (LMFT) specializing in working with kids, families and adults who struggle with anxiety, OCD and OC related disorders. She joins me to discuss:  The definition and characteristics of OCD If an “inflexible” toddler is a sign of OCD Misconceptions surrounding OCD Management strategies for OCD To connect with Michelle Massi follow her on Instagram @anxietytherapyla, check out all her resources at https://anxietytherapyla.com/. Visit the International OCD Foundation at https://iocdf.org/ for additional resources.  Our podcasts are also now on YouTube. If you prefer a video podcast with closed captioning, check us out there and subscribe to PedsDocTalk TV. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships page of the website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And then what we see a lot in kids is normal everyday behavior.

0:05.0

And I always joke with my colleagues, right?

0:08.0

Like my kid when he was two loved to line up his cars and he'd do it in color order or size order right and we have to look at what's

0:16.2

normal toddler behavior or what's normal behavior of any kid or even any adult and what is OCD.

0:25.0

Hello and welcome back to the show.

0:26.8

I am your host Dr Mona and I just want to say thank you.

0:30.7

So there are podcast rankings out there and I really don't know what they mean and if they really mean anything at all or how they are calculated.

0:38.6

But we hit number 17 on the parenting podcast in the United States last week.

0:45.0

So thank you.

0:45.9

I'm pretty sure that has to do with the fact

0:47.4

that you're listening to the show,

0:48.8

leaving reviews and sharing it.

0:50.1

So first of all, thank you so much.

0:52.5

And before we get into our conversation today

0:55.8

with my guest, I want to take a moment to talk about glimmers.

1:00.1

Glimbers are those small moments of joy, peace, or connection that brighten our day even in the midst of chaos.

1:06.2

And as parents, it's easy to get swept up in the hard stuff, the stress, the exhaustion, the endless to-do's.

1:12.4

But it's so important to search for these

1:14.7

glimmers. The last week stress was high in our household with a hurricane headed

1:18.6

straight to our family in Tampa Florida and illnesses in our house.

1:22.6

Whenever I know people are going to suffer

1:24.6

using the hurricane as an example,

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