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AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

PSP: 271 Fighting OCD is Often Not What Kids Think

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent

Anxiety, Ocd Therapy, Child Anxiety, Child Ocd, Kids & Family, Ocd, Health & Fitness, Ocd In Children, Parenting, Mental Health

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

You’ll often hear the word “fight your OCD.” In fact, one of my favorite books about OCD is called Talking Back to OCD, by John March. But sometimes kids misunderstand what this means (and parents too). When we talk about fighting OCD we are usually talking about a counterintuitive way to push back. A way to approach OCD that may not seem like traditional “fighting” at all.


In this week’s podcast I talk about the counterintuitive way to “fight” OCD and why we need to clarify this with our kids.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through

0:08.1

the chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD.

0:12.1

This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace the guidance of

0:16.5

a qualified professional.

0:18.0

Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels.

0:22.2

Well, hello there and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast.

0:30.0

Today I'm going to talk to you about what does it mean to fight OCD?

0:35.6

Often it is a counterintuitive way to approach fighting OCD, sometimes it's like the antithesis,

0:44.1

the opposite of what we sometimes perceive as fighting.

0:48.4

And I want to talk about this because I feel like sometimes when we talk to kids about

0:52.9

fighting their OCD or I like to use the word crushing OCD, they misconstrue that and

0:58.4

sometimes parents do as well.

1:00.5

So I'm going to dive into what does it mean to fight OCD in a very counterintuitive sort

1:07.0

of way when we think about that word fight and how to teach our kids the same thing.

1:12.6

But before I get started, I do want to thank no CD for sponsoring this episode.

1:17.3

No CD offers affordable, effective, convenient therapy.

1:21.1

They are available in the U.S. and outside of the U.S. and you can schedule a free 15 minute

1:25.9

consultation to see if no CD is a right fit for you and your child.

1:30.3

Just go to treatmyocd.com, treatmyocd.com, and you can schedule that for yourself and

1:37.1

for your kids.

1:38.1

Got really good feedback about people being able to finally access pediatric OCD therapy

1:43.9

through no CD.

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