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My mom has ocd and anxiety and it's making me really depressed. what can i do?
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Psychiatrist: Convince her to see professional medication and therapy is best approach for anxiety and ocd.
Answered 10/7/2017
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Help from the IOCDF: The international ocd foundation has a helpful video for family members of persons struggling with ocd: http://bit.Ly/wxys1n through the iocd you can also connect with online support groups for family members. Keep in mind that people with ocd can feel terrified about disclosing their struggles. It's very common for people to keep them secret fearing that others will consider them "crazy.".
Answered 10/7/2017
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Mom's problems.: Try not to allow another’s OCD & anxiety to bring you down. Encourage medical evaluation to determine if there are medical causes. Be supportive – but don’t play the role of therapist. Let her know the importance of sleep, nutrition, physical activity, interacting with others & therapy. But remember - you are not responsible for her recovery. Consider joining a support group so you can both >
Answered 11/28/2017
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