PSP 213: When You Hit Compassion Fatigue with Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD

06/08/21 • 48 min

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

None of us signed up to raise a child with anxiety or OCD. It wasn’t what we dreamed of when we poured over all the pregnancy and parenting books. And yet, here we all are, trying to not only survive, but thrive with our kids and their struggles.

What happens when compassion runs dry? What happens when we feel resentful or angry at our kids or the situation?

You are not alone if you’ve experienced those feelings. In fact, to be real, most of us have at one point or another.

In this episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about what parental compassion fatigue is, what the symptoms are and how we can navigate through it.

To read the article by Our Small Hours, Can Moms Get Compassion Fatigue, click here.

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Classes include:

How to Crush Social Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-social-anxiety

Parenting Kids with OCD

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/child-ocd

Crush Moral OCD in Kids

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/moral-ocd

Teaching Kids to Crush Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-anxiety

Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviors

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/difficult-behaviors

Helping Kids Who are Scared to Sleep

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/scared-to-sleep

Handling Sensory-Based Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/sensory-anxiety

Library of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)

http://www.ATparentingSurvivalschool.com/p/library

Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival

Ultimate list of helpful anxiety products:

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What happens when compassion runs dry? What happens when we feel resentful or angry at our kids or the situation?

You are not alone if you’ve experienced those feelings. In fact, to be real, most of us have at one point or another.

In this episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about what parental compassion fatigue is, what the symptoms are and how we can navigate through it.

To read the article by Our Small Hours, Can Moms Get Compassion Fatigue, click here.

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

***

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172

Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival

Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

http://www.ATparentingSurvivalSchool.com

Classes include:

How to Crush Social Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-social-anxiety

Parenting Kids with OCD

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/child-ocd

Crush Moral OCD in Kids

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/moral-ocd

Teaching Kids to Crush Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-anxiety

Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviors

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/difficult-behaviors

Helping Kids Who are Scared to Sleep

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/scared-to-sleep

Handling Sensory-Based Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/sensory-anxiety

Library of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)

http://www.ATparentingSurvivalschool.com/p/library

Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival

Ultimate list of helpful anxiety products:

https://www.ATparentingsurvival.com/reduce-child-anxiety/

To join my private Facebook group visit:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/

Interested in my AT Parenting Community Membership? Get on the waitlist:

Previous Episode

PSP 212: How Understanding Anxiety & OCD Themes Can Help Your Child

Anxiety and OCD come in many flavors. Often we even name these flavors with various titles like symmetry OCD, Harm OCD, Separation Anxiety, Emetophobia etc.

Does it really matter what theme of anxiety or OCD my child has?

Yes and no.

There are pitfalls to wearing blinders and only focusing on your child’s anxiety or OCD theme.

However there are also incredible benefits to understanding the various ways anxiety and OCD can show up.

In this episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast I will talk about the good, the bad and the ugly related to understanding your child’ anxiety and OCD themes and how to use them to catapult your child’s progress.

To get a FREE copy of the PDF: 15 of the Most Common But Often Missed OCD Themes in Children and Teens text the word: OCDPDF to the number 44222 or go here: https://anxioustoddlers.lpages.co/ocd-pdf

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This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172

Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival

Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

http://www.ATparentingSurvivalSchool.com

Classes include:

How to Crush Social Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-social-anxiety

Parenting Kids with OCD

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/child-ocd

Crush Moral OCD in Kids

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/moral-ocd

Teaching Kids to Crush Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/crush-anxiety

Helping Kids with Anxiety or OCD Through Difficult Behaviors

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/difficult-behaviors

Helping Kids Who are Scared to Sleep

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/scared-to-sleep

Handling Sensory-Based Anxiety

http://www.ATparentingsurvivalschool.com/p/sensory-anxiety

Library of Live Anxiety and OCD Classes (20 hours of class replays)

http://www.ATparentingSurvivalschool.com/p/library

Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival

Ultimate list of helpful anxiety products:

https://www.ATparentingsurvival.com/reduce-child-anxiety/

To join my private Facebook group visit:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ATparentinganxiouskids/

Next Episode

PSP 214: Interview with Dr. Shefali | Helping Mothers Turn Pain into Power

Dr. Shefali is a prominent clinical psychologist and the New York Times best selling author of The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family. In her new book, A Radical Awakening, she talks to women abou how to take their pain and turn it into power.

According to Oprah Winfrey, “The world needs to know. Trailblazing. Life-enhancing. [A Radical Awakening is] one of those books you will want to keep on your nightstand.”

In my interview with Dr. Shefali I dive deeper into what it means to be a parent and mother to kids with anxiety and OCD. We talk about how we separate their pain and their journey from our own. We go into how to live our own authentic truth and become free from the burden of living in judgment.

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

***

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172

Let me become your $5 mini-coach. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/Atparentingsurvival

Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

http://www.ATparentingSurvivalSchool.com

Classes include:

How to Crush Social Anxiety