Posted by Klavot on February 23, 2007, at 3:34:57 [reposted on February 25, 2007, at 13:13:39 | original URL]
In reply to Shocking autistic children from doing harm, posted by rjlockhart on February 23, 2007, at 0:45:32
I have a problem with biting myself too, no kidding, and it seems to be getting out of control.
Years ago, my psychiatrist did the following for my OCD, and it worked quite well. She had me wear an elastic band around my wrist all day, and her instructions were that, every time I submitted to OCD behaviour, I was to punish myself by pulling the elastic band taut and giving myself a nice moderately painful flick.
In the beginning, nothing much seemed to happen, but after a few weeks of doing this, I one day noticed that my OCD behaviour had just about disappeared.
Klavot
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