How to Spot OCD In Your Child: Pay Attention to These Early Signs

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Lynn Lyons (0:16)

So we see all of these things show up with young kids. The obsessions and the rituals can become more complicated, intrusive thoughts become more disturbing as you get older. But there's a lot of little kid compulsions that are repetition and a lot of fear that if you don't do the thing that you're supposed to do, that someone will die.

Robin Hutson (0:43)

Welcome to season nine of Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons, where we talk about managing worry, anxiety and all the other emotions too.

Lynn Lyons (0:51)

I'm Lynn Lyons. I'm an anxiety expert, author, speaker and mom. I've been a therapist for 35 years, and I'm still in the trenches with families, helping them navigate daily struggles and big problems. Parenting can be a Flusterclux, but we tackle the serious stuff without being too serious.

Robin Hutson (1:08)

I'm Robin. I'm Lynn's sister-in-law and co-host, and I'm here to ask your questions.

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And I met the producer of Flusterclux.

Lynn Lyons (1:14)

And my brother.

Robin Hutson (1:15)

And my husband.

Lynn Lyons (1:16)

Anxiety is a family problem with a family solution.

Hey, Lynn. Hey, Robin. How are you today? I'm pretty good. Except I took my poodle to the groomer, and the groomer said, your poodle has really bad breath, which I knew. But she said, you need to take your poodle to get her teeth taking care of.

And I got an estimate for that. And y'all know that I am like new to this poodle ownership, like I'm a year in. It's really expensive to get your dog's teeth taking care of.

Robin Hutson (1:48)

Is taking care of like a teeth cleaning? I don't have a dog, so I don't know what that means.

Lynn Lyons (1:53)

Well, I think that it means, what it means is that they will sedate her and then clean her teeth. And if there's any kind of problem, like sometimes they take a tooth out or something like that.

Robin Hutson (2:04)

Oh, I see.

Lynn Lyons (2:05)

But it's going to be like a thousand dollars.

Robin Hutson (2:07)

Do you have poodle dental insurance?

Lynn Lyons (2:13)

No. Do you know somebody? Yeah.

I'm just going to have to suck it up. Yeah. So anyway, it's fine. I love my little poodle. When they gave me the estimate from the vet, I was like, holy bananas. The dog owners out there are like, yes, yes, that's what it costs. But I was a little surprised.

Robin Hutson (2:31)

Have you been following the trends in medical tourism where you go to countries where you get services at a better price? People go and do facelifts in one country, hair transplants in another. I am not getting a hair transplant, but I'm flying Turkish airlines very soon somewhere.

The nickname of that airline is Turkish hairlines, because there are all these medical facilities that specialize in men's, probably, I guess women's too, hair transplants. Someone I know who came back from Istanbul said, everyone had bandaged skulls as if they were coming home from a war, but it was just that. And I have heard people go to Mexico for good dental. So maybe you and your little poodle could take a little beach vacation.

Lynn Lyons (3:21)

All right. Well, that's an option, like Peruvian poodle lines or something. I'll figure it out. But yeah, I have heard about that. Maybe I'll have to go somewhere where there'll be a twofer.

So I'll get like an eye lift and she'll get her teeth pulled.

Robin Hutson (3:36)

Yeah, exactly. I'm telling you, I think Mexico is like a very popular destination for good dental work. That's a new travel agency niche I'm going to focus on.

Lynn Lyons (3:47)

Yeah. When I think about the prospect of taking a poodle to Mexico, I'm like, you know what? I'm just going to pay the vet up the street. Yeah.

Robin Hutson (3:55)

So we're going to talk about OCD today.

Lynn Lyons (3:57)

That was a bumpy segue, wasn't it?

It is. My poodle needs a tooth pulled. And also, let's talk about OCD. Yeah. All right. Let's do it. Okay. Go ahead.

Robin Hutson (4:07)

We usually don't record this early, so I apologize in advance.

Lynn Lyons (4:14)

Everybody, you'll listen like the caffeine will kick in as we go. Yeah.

Robin Hutson (4:18)

Give me like another 40 minutes.

Lynn Lyons (4:20)