Our Family Blog: Therapy and Letting Go

Monday, May 6, 2013

Therapy and Letting Go

      Sharon gets right now 27 hours of intensive therapy a week. Is it working? Well she walked up to a stranger and said "Hi, My name is Sharon, What is your name?" It is something they are working on at the clinic in therapy. And she is finally translating it into the real world. A year ago she would not have been walking around comfortable asking people their names. Today she does. Sharon has gained so much from the therapy. It is really her OCD behavior that can really benefit from multiple people working with her in a variety of ways.
     If I were to just work with Sharon then she sees just one way of doing things. This in turn would cater to her OCD. Do I want 6 or 7 extra people interfering in our lives? Absolutely not. Do I think it is crucial for her development? You bet. And it has proven so. One therapist might come in and play a game one way. The second comes in and plays it differently. This is the plan. It is okay to play it differently. We don't have to play it the same way every time. As long as we are having fun with our friend. One might play on the side or by the coach, the other on the table. All of those things don't matter to someone who is not OCD. But to someone who is it drives them nuts. NO! we play here! They are trying to show her it is okay to play here or there or anywhere. It is not the Autism itself more over that probably holds Sharon back. It is her OCD that consistently is putting her in that box. And no body is more annoyed by that than Sharon. The more therapy she gets the happier she seems knowing that yes it is OK to let go.
      As a parent as well it is very important to let her know controlling every thing is not her job. That in fact it is God's. That everybody has a problem wanting to control things. But it is when we let go and give Him the control that we are free from that burden. We all want situations to be under our control. In a person with OCD they are just a little more obsessed with it. Even though I can look at my daughter and think why are you obsessing over that. I'm sure God is thinking the same thing about me. LET GO.

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