06/06/2026
The most crippling aspect of parenting a child with OCD has been trying to keep mine at bay while supporting him. His triggers are the same as mine, his ocd monster speaks the same way mine does…
Just as I’m getting myself in check his pulls mine out and vice versa
I remember saying to my Counsellor how do I support him when my brain is spiralling the exact same way? And how do we not feed into each others?
As if OCD isn’t bad enough now there’s the added layer of shame that I could have done this to him or that I am making his worse…
What I will say is I’ve never felt more driven to heal than with the push that when I am not doing well it directly impacts him as he watches how I cope.
Sending love and support to anyone battling this while trying to also parent their sweet kids in the best way possible 💜
They say our kids are our greatest teacher and boy is this ever true.