{"id":13255,"date":"2017-09-12T04:31:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T04:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=13255"},"modified":"2017-09-13T04:43:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T04:43:07","slug":"ocd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/12\/ocd\/","title":{"rendered":"OCD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My toe was better today! I couldn’t even believe it. I can still feel a little pain, but it got progressively better throughout the day. Right now I am sitting on my foot and can’t feel a thing. I am so, so, so relieved and grateful.<\/p>\n

We also had a realization about Lydia today. This evening she spent hours–literally,\u00a0hours<\/em>–screaming and crying because we misplaced a green crayon of hers. She has several boxes of crayons, but she was doing a numbers puzzle and wanted to keep the green color consistent. I was frustrated and tried my best to stay out of the way and keep my mouth shut, lest I let her know what I thought of her tantrum.<\/p>\n

My mom and Abe were much more accommodating, and at 9pm, Abe finally found a green that matched her green exactly. Then he came to me and said quietly, “We need to be really compassionate towards Lydia. She has OCD.”<\/p>\n

The thought that Lydia has OCD has been percolating in my mind for a short while now, and I even told my brother and Swathi this afternoon that I thought she had it. But hearing Abe say that with such certainty switched a lightbulb on in my head. After all, Abe\u00a0has<\/em> OCD, so he should know what he’s talking about. Also, knowing that Lydia is dealing with something many grown-ups can’t handle makes me feel automatically a lot more sympathetic.<\/p>\n

Normally, her fits drive me absolutely crazy. In fact, I am actively searching for therapist referrals and have about a thousand pages of self-help reading lined up so I can more lovingly deal with her behavior. But tonight was a turning point in my own journey with Lydia. It helps to know that she is even more overwhelmed than we are with what’s going on in her brain.<\/p>\n

Also, when she’s not melting down, I have to say that Lydia can be the most delightful child. She has the purest, most sincere, loving heart, and all she wants is to be loved in return. I am hoping that therapy and self-help books can help me better communicate just how much she means to me. She means everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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