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In this episode, I talked with Robyn Stern, a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).  She was formally diagnosed with BDD when she was 22 years after several years of not knowing what was going on.  In this episode, we discuss.. – her misdiagnosis of anxiety and depression and […]

I discuss common obsessive and compulsive behaviors in children, including what’s developmentally appropriate vs what may be something more.

When a child has OCD, they will feel like they have to do things a certain way, or engage in some type of ritual, otherwise something bad might happen. That “something bad” might mean they would get sick, that they would get hurt, that someone else they love might get hurt, or something else – and sometimes, it just means that it wouldn’t feel okay and that, in and of itself, would cause anxiety.