i have OCD too i have to do alot of odd thing my teachers hate me for it. it suck soo bad but, my room is alwalys clean that good i guess haha i did like 4 of my OCD thing when i did this it sucks!!!
My son is almost over his OCB try the PLAY project from Dr. Salomon it really make a difference for my son, the good thing about it, is that He train you, so you can do it at home How affordable s that?
once he matures a little, he should start to cover up his abnormal behavior (because he'll realize it impedes with HIS goals, which are what he's stuck on).
try using relaxing herbs on him. peppermint, lemongrass, chamomile. look it up.
but, for the love of God, don't allow him any sugar or sweets.
caffeine is fine, as it has ritalin-like effects, just don't over-do it.
you may be intersted in energetic meditations (chakras, reiki, qigong); they can calm those around you.
My mommy was very good at one thing when i was a child with OCD. As loong as the ocd was something i did myself, she couldnt stop it... But when i for example asked mom to touch my shoulder twice, or to open,close,open,close,open,close,open,close,open,close a jar, she would say no and she wouldnt do it... sometimes she would get so sad she would remove the ocd for me but anyway. Dont drive through mcdonalds ever. What will happend then is he will first feel awefull, but then forget about it.
red and yellow are appetizing colors - alot of quick serve restaurants use them. If they were simply colors that attracted children, they'd use them on toys and video games - but that's not the case.
dude i promise we've tried everything. LOL It has gotten better with a timer but now we have to stop at one and then set the timer for an hour (if we are on long trips). The rest of the time he is accepting the timer as in we will do this and this first then go to McD's but we always have to go. it is better though. :)
Actually last night there was a show called Mest Unique McDonald's on the travel channel. He watched the whole thing. Several times during the show he repeated colors he saw... red & yellow. I'm sure McD's knew what they were doing when they chose those colors.
wow that's so ironic, red and yellow. I am currently reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by mark haddon which is about a 15 year old autistic boy, and he hates yellow and if he sees a row of red cars he has a good day - yellow cars makes him have a bad day. I just thought that was ironic, is all ;)
thank goodness for that! you said he doesn't eat anything at mcdonalds.. right? so what do you do when you get to the drive through? just.. drive through or does he have to hear the person talking through the speaker as well?
he expects to hear the person talk, pay at 1st window, get water I order at 2nd window. I occasionally get gim fries but he doesn't care about that. I get a lot of dasani water. One time a car had broke down at the microphone thing and we had to order at 1st window. It was a nightmare. He was really upset.
Hm.. I wonder if recording the drive through and having the person talk and then playing it back when he gets anxious would calm him down... almost like he would would feel "safe" - worth a shot, no?
use a tab strip(velcro) , have numbers 1 2 and 3 on there ready to detach. this could be the number of times he can go through it in one day....then reduce it to number of times in a week...then month. if you gradually do this you may be able to fade it out completely.
aww i wish i could help.. that must be so hard. especially with how many McD's there are everywhere, omg! i would try the video tape idea.. if he's able to focus on videos anyway. i'm not too sure about that with autism. but if he carries around a picture who knows..
update on what's going on with the OCD. It has gotten better a little. His teacher at school got him use to using a kitchen timer when at play time and another kid has his favorite toy so I started using a timer in the car. I set it on an hour and when it goes off we can go through a drive through. I just keep holding it up and saying "look we have to wait for the beep before we can go through". He actually understands and isn't getting "as" anxious and the meltdowns have calmed some. :-)
OMG , i feel so bad for that kid , I have OCD, i HAD IT EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD ,,, WOW , SO SAD TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OTHERS , THIS OCD , SUCKS !!!!
yes we did this with Mcd's and the car wash (he now has a just as bad ocd with car washes) but it really doesn't help. now he just wants to watch the video and go through them. We're trying to make him accept the "universal no" wign over his mcd's picture he carries around so I think it may be helping a little. And we're starting to negotiate 2 mcd's instead of 10.
Is there any way you cn put his car seat in the middle and put blinds on the windows so he cant reach them? (or maybe even trying to tint the windows dark?)
I can't put blinds on the front windshield. It's not the side he looks out most. Trust me there is no way around this. We've tried everything. If he was in the middle of the car he would be hurting his brother and kicking me in the back of the head. He's OCD. Once he has seen a mcd's it is marked in his head like a road map and he never ever forgets it.
this video made me cry, my son is also on the spectrum and he is sooo very withdrawn... i just wish i could get inside his head, and i know you must feel the same way.
he starts with the signs. I guess you can't see them b/c I'm not focusing on them. Just the signs and him, didn't want to wreck. At second 30 on the video you can see the golden arch as we pass it right behind him.
I have OCD and used to be the same if my parents didn't drive past shops so I could 're-look' at shop windows when I passed them. I empathise with how he feels. am thinking of you guys.
Yes it's pretty common for autistic kids to hurt themselves in some way when things aren't going quite the way they expected. He's more of a behavioral kid than a stimmy kid. He has autism, he'll probably always have issues with hurting himself even though we do all we can to stop it and redirect.
No he isn't scared of it. It's an instant calming point when he sees we are turning into the drivethrough and he starts clapping. So, no, he isn't scared of it LOL.
If that doesn't work, then know your route. Don't drive by McD's if possible. Don't drive yourself crazy because you are set on a specific daily route by MickeyD's. You have to make a lot of changes in your life, so you don't go mad. This one is a bit easy, don't drive by them, and plan ahead, plan ahead, plan ahead.
They eventually will move on... to something else. Feed them positive ideas for that something else... It does get better with positive reinforcement.
Thanks for the comment. We do drive backroads all the time but at the end of each backroad is a McD's waiting on us. No matter what way we drive they are everywhere. Literally!
I have purchased a McDonald's restaurant from toys r us and am trying to get him so that he will expect bubbles instead of routine drivethrough as we pass by them. Philcommander gave me a great idea about re conditioning him to not want the drive through anymore. Thanks Phil!
Diversion is key! Difficult as it may seem, it will help. Don't allow them to focus on it, if they can't have it. Talk about other things with your child. Give him distractions. Something he can focus on more than the scenery.
No he can say words but really can't communicate how he feels. I know it's an obsession so we just know it's like he is needing to satisfy some feeling of needing to go through the drive through process.
Hi,I can relate to the whole melt down behaviour and obssesive behaviours. I am here to give you hope. My son is nearly 12 years of age.Your Son so reminds me of my boy at this age. The younger years are the difficult times, and It does get better! My Son's Obsessive behaviour, when he used to melt down completely was about visiting rest rooms. Everywhere we went, thats where we had to go first, he would make himself pee! I feel for you, hang in there... He is so PRECIOUS XXX
I understand only too well what life must be like with your son. My son was a constant nightmare in his younger days, i'm pleased to say he's nearly 12 and is like a different child now. He has Asperger Syndrome and has the understanding from us which helps, all I can say is life should become a little easier with age! (I hope so) can he communicate how he feels?
i have OCD too i have to do alot of odd thing my teachers hate me for it. it suck soo bad but, my room is alwalys clean that good i guess haha i did like 4 of my OCD thing when i did this it sucks!!!
hateall456 3 years ago
My son is almost over his OCB try the PLAY project from Dr. Salomon it really make a difference for my son, the good thing about it, is that He train you, so you can do it at home How affordable s that?
YELLOWCUACUA 3 years ago
th spoiled brat want a big mac!
wetness8 3 years ago
once he matures a little, he should start to cover up his abnormal behavior (because he'll realize it impedes with HIS goals, which are what he's stuck on).
try using relaxing herbs on him. peppermint, lemongrass, chamomile. look it up.
but, for the love of God, don't allow him any sugar or sweets.
caffeine is fine, as it has ritalin-like effects, just don't over-do it.
you may be intersted in energetic meditations (chakras, reiki, qigong); they can calm those around you.
Gino777 3 years ago
My mommy was very good at one thing when i was a child with OCD. As loong as the ocd was something i did myself, she couldnt stop it... But when i for example asked mom to touch my shoulder twice, or to open,close,open,close,open,close,open,close,open,close a jar, she would say no and she wouldnt do it... sometimes she would get so sad she would remove the ocd for me but anyway. Dont drive through mcdonalds ever. What will happend then is he will first feel awefull, but then forget about it.
hawtnesszz 3 years ago 2
I have OCD too i love this song by Stone Sour. I hope all does well for you and your son as well.
Ibik 4 years ago
Well dang! I just hope he gets better!
God bless.
manderz432 4 years ago 5
How old is he? Maybe it would work if you tried asking him why he always wants to go to McDonald's drive-thrus. If you haven't already. :)
manderz432 4 years ago
HELL YEAH! STONE SOUR BABY!
manderz432 4 years ago
aww thats so sad
Good music though
buttnockernumber4 4 years ago
:'( really sad, i think u should listen to xspankyxma's advice, good luck..
aggrtt 4 years ago
gosh, this is truly tragic. I sincerely hope that all goes well for you and your son.
xsv21 4 years ago 3
im sorry about that. i hope hes doin allright. i think it is best for him to have a nice MCDONALD POSTER in his room. Is it will help?
xspankyxma 4 years ago
omg poor child :(..i feel so bad for him..but its the right thing to help him concur his fear.
Justakid12 4 years ago 2
i had OCD, was about to turn severe, but got over it, man i hope he does too
Felone492 4 years ago 2
i think ive had O.C.D since ive been little, im 14 now, and its quite bad.
sonoflurch 4 years ago
have u seen a doctor about it, a doctor diagnosed me with ocd, and mental health doctors are helping lots, i hope he gets better.
spo666tty 4 years ago 2
God this made me cry. I truely hope he's better now than when this footage was filmed. Bless his little soul X
Kruizinby 4 years ago 2
wow. i hope he is better.
Yuan94 4 years ago
Crys, this video still just tears my heart out. I am so happy he is doing better. xo
navywife1977 4 years ago 5
:( I feel so bad for the poor child. I have OCD, but not to his level.
EVPpsycho 4 years ago
make you own video of a drive through menu for him?
atlcowboy2536 4 years ago
poor baby. I understand how he feels. Best to him and yourslef.
pdlbean 4 years ago
red and yellow are appetizing colors - alot of quick serve restaurants use them. If they were simply colors that attracted children, they'd use them on toys and video games - but that's not the case.
I bet you must hate Mc D's.
kabloozie 4 years ago
The colors McDonalds uses is definitely an indicator of who they are and is an association with kids. I learned all about that in marketing.
xforewarnedx 4 years ago
dude i promise we've tried everything. LOL It has gotten better with a timer but now we have to stop at one and then set the timer for an hour (if we are on long trips). The rest of the time he is accepting the timer as in we will do this and this first then go to McD's but we always have to go. it is better though. :)
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
Actually last night there was a show called Mest Unique McDonald's on the travel channel. He watched the whole thing. Several times during the show he repeated colors he saw... red & yellow. I'm sure McD's knew what they were doing when they chose those colors.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
wow that's so ironic, red and yellow. I am currently reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by mark haddon which is about a 15 year old autistic boy, and he hates yellow and if he sees a row of red cars he has a good day - yellow cars makes him have a bad day. I just thought that was ironic, is all ;)
everlastingchill 4 years ago
wow that's gotta be hard... a) learning to cope with struggles and finding a way... and b) driving while recording! ;)
everlastingchill 4 years ago
I'm multi tasked! :-)
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
thank goodness for that! you said he doesn't eat anything at mcdonalds.. right? so what do you do when you get to the drive through? just.. drive through or does he have to hear the person talking through the speaker as well?
everlastingchill 4 years ago
he expects to hear the person talk, pay at 1st window, get water I order at 2nd window. I occasionally get gim fries but he doesn't care about that. I get a lot of dasani water. One time a car had broke down at the microphone thing and we had to order at 1st window. It was a nightmare. He was really upset.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
Hm.. I wonder if recording the drive through and having the person talk and then playing it back when he gets anxious would calm him down... almost like he would would feel "safe" - worth a shot, no?
everlastingchill 4 years ago
use a tab strip(velcro) , have numbers 1 2 and 3 on there ready to detach. this could be the number of times he can go through it in one day....then reduce it to number of times in a week...then month. if you gradually do this you may be able to fade it out completely.
mestup4punk 4 years ago
Omg, I feel so srry for u and ur son. I have a few ocd problems myself & I know how it feels when u just need to do something and can't.
KeyCatluvsJohnnyDepp 4 years ago
aww i wish i could help.. that must be so hard. especially with how many McD's there are everywhere, omg! i would try the video tape idea.. if he's able to focus on videos anyway. i'm not too sure about that with autism. but if he carries around a picture who knows..
Shampy 4 years ago
update on what's going on with the OCD. It has gotten better a little. His teacher at school got him use to using a kitchen timer when at play time and another kid has his favorite toy so I started using a timer in the car. I set it on an hour and when it goes off we can go through a drive through. I just keep holding it up and saying "look we have to wait for the beep before we can go through". He actually understands and isn't getting "as" anxious and the meltdowns have calmed some. :-)
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
That is excellent news! Congratulations :D
theatre106 4 years ago
OMG , i feel so bad for that kid , I have OCD, i HAD IT EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD ,,, WOW , SO SAD TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OTHERS , THIS OCD , SUCKS !!!!
CRAZYTURMOIL1 4 years ago
radiohead- sweet!
mrsamills 4 years ago
yes we did this with Mcd's and the car wash (he now has a just as bad ocd with car washes) but it really doesn't help. now he just wants to watch the video and go through them. We're trying to make him accept the "universal no" wign over his mcd's picture he carries around so I think it may be helping a little. And we're starting to negotiate 2 mcd's instead of 10.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
He's a beautiful little boy, I have a 24 year old cousin with autism. I wish you well.
Pokygirl2001 4 years ago
Is there any way you cn put his car seat in the middle and put blinds on the windows so he cant reach them? (or maybe even trying to tint the windows dark?)
LoveVampire 4 years ago
I can't put blinds on the front windshield. It's not the side he looks out most. Trust me there is no way around this. We've tried everything. If he was in the middle of the car he would be hurting his brother and kicking me in the back of the head. He's OCD. Once he has seen a mcd's it is marked in his head like a road map and he never ever forgets it.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
Try putting up blinds on the sides of the car
jaybird645 4 years ago
those got ripped down LOL.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
ah okay i see it a lil better now.
mikealope 4 years ago
this video made me cry, my son is also on the spectrum and he is sooo very withdrawn... i just wish i could get inside his head, and i know you must feel the same way.
faerysexy 4 years ago
ok i don't understand. i thought you said he's OCD about McD's drivethroughs but i didn't see one restaurant just OFFramps..??
ps what a bad restaurant to become psychiatrically associated to :/
mikealope 4 years ago
he starts with the signs. I guess you can't see them b/c I'm not focusing on them. Just the signs and him, didn't want to wreck. At second 30 on the video you can see the golden arch as we pass it right behind him.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
ok it's second 28 and 29 sorry.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
I have OCD and used to be the same if my parents didn't drive past shops so I could 're-look' at shop windows when I passed them. I empathise with how he feels. am thinking of you guys.
OCDeeva 4 years ago
im sorry for both of you i have ocd and i see the havoc i have caused my family so just hang in there and do the best you can
killboy757 4 years ago
i noticed that he is pinching himself when he cant get his way and if this keeps going on than it can lead to cutting or worse
mellyscool 4 years ago
Yes it's pretty common for autistic kids to hurt themselves in some way when things aren't going quite the way they expected. He's more of a behavioral kid than a stimmy kid. He has autism, he'll probably always have issues with hurting himself even though we do all we can to stop it and redirect.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
im sorry
eem94 4 years ago
That is so heartbreaking. I know how painful it feels to be trapped in your own head.
beatlegurl88 4 years ago
God,that really makes me want to cry.
randomlettersand5 4 years ago
Hmm, why does he like McDonalds so much? O.O
DarkBlazer39 4 years ago
Try take him to mcdonalds and only leave or go home when he is redy and asks to go home. think about it.
jeepstealth 4 years ago
No he isn't scared of it. It's an instant calming point when he sees we are turning into the drivethrough and he starts clapping. So, no, he isn't scared of it LOL.
mommyvsautism 4 years ago
Seems like there is a McD in every town.I know we have 3 in this county.Are you sure he doesnt want to go to McD instead of being scared of it?
dhearndon 4 years ago
If that doesn't work, then know your route. Don't drive by McD's if possible. Don't drive yourself crazy because you are set on a specific daily route by MickeyD's. You have to make a lot of changes in your life, so you don't go mad. This one is a bit easy, don't drive by them, and plan ahead, plan ahead, plan ahead.
They eventually will move on... to something else. Feed them positive ideas for that something else... It does get better with positive reinforcement.
JennieMeyer 5 years ago
Thanks for the comment. We do drive backroads all the time but at the end of each backroad is a McD's waiting on us. No matter what way we drive they are everywhere. Literally!
I have purchased a McDonald's restaurant from toys r us and am trying to get him so that he will expect bubbles instead of routine drivethrough as we pass by them. Philcommander gave me a great idea about re conditioning him to not want the drive through anymore. Thanks Phil!
mommyvsautism 5 years ago
Diversion is key! Difficult as it may seem, it will help. Don't allow them to focus on it, if they can't have it. Talk about other things with your child. Give him distractions. Something he can focus on more than the scenery.
JennieMeyer 5 years ago
No he can say words but really can't communicate how he feels. I know it's an obsession so we just know it's like he is needing to satisfy some feeling of needing to go through the drive through process.
mommyvsautism 5 years ago
Hi,I can relate to the whole melt down behaviour and obssesive behaviours. I am here to give you hope. My son is nearly 12 years of age.Your Son so reminds me of my boy at this age. The younger years are the difficult times, and It does get better! My Son's Obsessive behaviour, when he used to melt down completely was about visiting rest rooms. Everywhere we went, thats where we had to go first, he would make himself pee! I feel for you, hang in there... He is so PRECIOUS XXX
themartelfamily 5 years ago
I understand only too well what life must be like with your son. My son was a constant nightmare in his younger days, i'm pleased to say he's nearly 12 and is like a different child now. He has Asperger Syndrome and has the understanding from us which helps, all I can say is life should become a little easier with age! (I hope so) can he communicate how he feels?
Rachadd 5 years ago