Thank you snodderly, for hunting that up. H has been obsessively clean and neat all his life. Family stories about him having two finger lengths between his shirts in the closet, and vacuuming the floor in front of his dresser so he could detect footprints of a sibling getting into his drawers have been passed on for years.
Before BD, I had a talk with him about our youngest son's OCD problem, which had gotten worse over the summer. H said that he thought he had symptoms, too.
That was the first time he ever mentioned it, and at the time, I didn't think a whole lot of it, since it didn't affect his daily functioning to my knowledge, which was, admittedly, limited due to his secretive behavior.
I have since read that people with OCD as children have a higher rate of depression as adults.
That would explain my S18's depression symptoms. He had mild symptoms of OCD at puberty, as have S16 and my 10 year old.
My daughter was diagnosed with depression at 17.
I have always assumed their issues were from my family history, which includes both OCD and depression. Now I assume that my children have the double whammy. OCD and depression on both sides.
