Thanks all. Luv, I will look up that article. The book was actually an object lesson in how NOT to treat someone with OCD. The basis of behavioral therapy is exposure and response prevention. This woman's H, though, got sucked into accomodating her - ie, tasting her food for her before she ate it so she could be reassured it wasn't poisoned - and this simply causes the OCD to get worse. (Part of how Howard Hughes got so bad was he had the money to hire people to accomodate all his whims and OCD desires.)
Had a great overnite trip to Phoenix with H - we do so much better when we actually have time to be with each other! No wonder all those years of me being preoccupied with the kids and him travelling alone didn't help our marriage!
I had a great lunch with jenhoco too, although we had so much to say to each other, I'm sure we could have talked for a week! (Besides DB stuff, we share similar thyroid treatment issues). Yet another beautiful, smart, insightful DBer - does make you wonder what the WASs are thinking (but of course, we all know, they AREN'T thinking ).
