tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637563600968316769.post1688861421157244001..comments2024-01-24T09:06:15.678+00:00Comments on A Drake's Progress: NuclearDrakeygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044143270148143924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637563600968316769.post-11097562945810935572016-01-15T20:47:16.422+00:002016-01-15T20:47:16.422+00:00Good point, Giulia!Good point, Giulia!Drakeygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044143270148143924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637563600968316769.post-44763038943360719072016-01-12T10:36:10.126+00:002016-01-12T10:36:10.126+00:00The repeating herself over and over because of anx...The repeating herself over and over because of anxiety is strikingly smilar with brain injury !<br /><br />For the quantities, I had the same difficulties as your daughter. <br />Since she seems to thrive in sameness and consistency, I suggest you to give her a specific contenant to teah her the quantity. For example, here, she was told to drink around two pintes of water at mealtime and report three hours later. So, in such situation, you can give to her a glass of one pinte and then, she drinks two glasses of water from the specific glass you gave to her. She can even push the vice by making her write "on day X, at hour Y, drank Z quantity of liquid A", so she can visualize the amount she drank even better. <br />This way, it's easier to track how much water she has already drunk, so she is in control, which in turn lessens her anxiety. <br />If you use different glasses and tell her that "after this one, it's quantity X", it becomes abstract thinking for her, which seems she struggles with. In turn, you are in complete charge, which doesn't help her anxiety. <br />And if you couldn't track easily the amount you were told to drink in a specific amount of time by the hospital, you'd worry too ;-)Giulianoreply@blogger.com