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Child	Annie	Friday, July 18, 2008
Question: My 13 year old son has anxiety/OCD. Husband wants to ignore it and hope he'll "mature". My son wants to pretend it is not a problem I am struggling here as I want to get him help but he is not motivated and his dad not supoortive of intervention. What is my best course of action for me to help him regarding spiritual warfare? I need a plan! Thanks you. When I was expecting him, I consecrated him to Our Lady. I know she accepted this child as her consecrated soul because of a sign I was blessed to receive. On the final day of this 30 day consecration prayer, as I was sitting at a shrine of Our Lady and finishing the prayer, I asked her for a sign to tell me she had accepted my prayer and my baby. Well, at that moment a yellow butterfly landed on the consecration booklet I was reading from, and stayed there for several minutes more as I prayed in thankksgiving. Now, my poor boy suffers. So, I pray the rosary for him. Any other reccomendations?
Question Answered by Dear Annie: If your son has anxiety and OCD symptoms he needs to be evaluated by a doctor. These conditions are treatable. There is no reason for your son to be suffering from these conditions as he is when he can be treated (assuming the problems are medical/psychological). Your husband needs to accept the responsibility of a parent. If his son had a broken leg, or had the mumps, I am sure he would not hesitate to bring him to the doctor. OCD is an illness no different than mumps is an illness. There is nothing to be ashamed about. Your son needs medical evaluation. If your husband will not cooperate maybe you can have your priest try to convince him, or talk to a doctor on your own and maybe the doctor can convince him, or, if possible, take the child to the doctor yourself anyway. However it happens the child needs to be medically evaluated. As for the spiritual warfare side of things, be sure to say the hedge prayer of protection and you may also say the rebuking particular spirits. In this case the spirits may be the spirit of anxiety and the spirit of OCD. There might not be any evil spirits there, but it never hurts to be on the safe side. Demons oftentimes are not the cause of problems, but they love to hitchhike on problems that already exist. That is why it can be prudent to pray spiritual warfare prayers even though your son's problems may be solely medical. We will be in prayer for him and your family. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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My 13 year old son has anxiety/OCD. Husband wants to ignore it and hope he'll "mature". My son wants to pretend it is not a problem I am struggling here as I want to get him help but he is not motivated and his dad not supoortive of intervention.

What is my best course of action for me to help him regarding spiritual warfare? I need a plan! Thanks you.

When I was expecting him, I consecrated him to Our Lady. I know she accepted this child as her consecrated soul because of a sign I was blessed to receive. On the final day of this 30 day consecration prayer, as I was sitting at a shrine of Our Lady and finishing the prayer, I asked her for a sign to tell me she had accepted my prayer and my baby. Well, at that moment a yellow butterfly landed on the consecration booklet I was reading from, and stayed there for several minutes more as I prayed in thankksgiving.

Now, my poor boy suffers. So, I pray the rosary for him. Any other reccomendations?

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Dear Annie:

If your son has anxiety and OCD symptoms he needs to be evaluated by a doctor. These conditions are treatable. There is no reason for your son to be suffering from these conditions as he is when he can be treated (assuming the problems are medical/psychological).

Your husband needs to accept the responsibility of a parent. If his son had a broken leg, or had the mumps, I am sure he would not hesitate to bring him to the doctor. OCD is an illness no different than mumps is an illness. There is nothing to be ashamed about. Your son needs medical evaluation.

If your husband will not cooperate maybe you can have your priest try to convince him, or talk to a doctor on your own and maybe the doctor can convince him, or, if possible, take the child to the doctor yourself anyway.

However it happens the child needs to be medically evaluated.

As for the spiritual warfare side of things, be sure to say the hedge prayer of protection and you may also say the rebuking particular spirits. In this case the spirits may be the spirit of anxiety and the spirit of OCD. There might not be any evil spirits there, but it never hurts to be on the safe side.

Demons oftentimes are not the cause of problems, but they love to hitchhike on problems that already exist. That is why it can be prudent to pray spiritual warfare prayers even though your son's problems may be solely medical.

We will be in prayer for him and your family.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.