Won't stop erasing near perfect handwriting..OCD?

[centralcoastmama]

My 6 yr old daughter has started this "need" for perfection recently. Mainly in her school work. She has an amazing teacher, I volunteer once weekly and am connected with the school and the teacher. I noticed it on homework at home about a month ago, then I get a phone call from the teacher wanting to discuss the same thing at school. She erases incessantly even when she's been reassured that what she has done looks great. She has also started to lie about big and little things. Her first reaction when asked a question is to lie, then gets caught in the lie. I really am at my wits end. We had a baby last year and have made every effort to make her feel special and she seems well-adjusted to the baby and loves him dearly. She is always so kind and loving, I don't know where this is all coming from. HELP!!

[mum2four]

I had the same OCD issues as a child. I got the point where I could not hand my work in at all I failed school because I started making excuses pretending I did not want to do the work when I did but I could not handle the apearance of my writing.

I'm 32 now and I finally faced my fear of handing work this year as I am doing a cert 2 in community service work. I still have issues with my hand writing just the other day I had to use a pen and I could not stop obsessing and getting off topic and there fore I got frustrated and used liquid paper to started the whole thing again. In the past I'd have to redo the whole thing or not hand it in at all.

I really hope you keep an eye on this as mum with 4 children showing signs of OCD in different way's, I can tell you that not paying to much attention to the behaviour makes a lot of issues go away. Also dont give in the obsession if there is a fear behind the obsession. Just talk to about why she's doing it and work from there. If it OCD she struggle to get threw it but she will proberly have other OCD behaviours as well. If she just going threw a phase she should be able to talk to about it and you 2 can work threw the problem together. OCD is very treatable in children so be observant and if you see more signs dont be affraid to seek help it cant help to seek help if your wrong but if it is OCD it can take over her life.

[summerwind101]

hello, wow I did that all through school, got to the point that i would bring all my work home and rewrite it all over and over till i felt it was perfect..I always was told my handwritting was nice but still felt the need to keep doing it. I am now 34 and I stii do that, even grocery lists..that no one sees but me..this is the first time i have been on this sight and the first time i have ever thought ocd..sorry not much of a help she may or may not get over it..

[theo777]

it's just a phase. she'll over it before you know it. i did that for a little bit as a kid. Everything on my paper had to be perfect. I would do almost everything with a ruler and take forever to write out numbers and letters. Just as quickly as it came on was as quickly as it went away. There needs to be more symptoms for an OCD diagnosis.