Is thumb sucking a disease?

Anastasia 2022-12-30 11:31:57

Because a boy in the same class in junior high school also had this kind of behavior---sucking his thumb, so I really want to know what is going on?

The movie tells us that the uncontrollable thumb sucking of adolescent children may really be a non-serious mental illness, which involves a wide range of family, growth, interpersonal relationships, and education. . . Maybe there is a problem in which link, so you will keep sucking your thumb, especially when the pressure comes, it is also a way to solve it with drugs, but it cannot become a dependence. Finding your inner longing and the strength to fight for it may be the best cure for this disease.

The difference is that in foreign countries—more developed countries in the West, perhaps more attention will be paid to children’s growing problems. Schools will give appropriate suggestions and measures, and parents will also take into account their children’s feelings. I don't have time to take care of children's problems at work, but compared with China, it may be a little more to accompany and pay attention to children. My junior high school male classmate, in my memory, should have graduated from the first year of the junior high school to the third year of junior high school, and he has not changed his thumb-sucking habit (why do you want to change it? I also regard it as a problem?), His thumb has been severely deformed from being sucked for a long time, the bone in the middle protrudes, and the flesh next to it sinks. . . Don't ask me how I knew, because he was right in front of me, and because he was restless, he turned his body around for a long time and sucked his thumb. . .

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Thumbsucker quotes

  • [Justin lays back in the chair of his dentist who suggests a way to help him stop his thumb sucking condition]

    Dr. Perry Lyman: It's time we were honest with each other.

    Justin Cobb: Yeah?

    Dr. Perry Lyman: I don't wanna fix your teeth all over again. It's time to confront the underlying issue.

    Justin Cobb: What do you mean?

    Dr. Perry Lyman: I know what your problem is. It's an understandable habit. In fact, what's strange is that people ever quit. It's nature's substitute for your mother's breast. How were you fed as a baby? From a bottle?

    Justin Cobb: I can't remember.

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Any tension at home? Anxiety? Any bad memories?

    [Justin has a flashback of playing little league and missing the catch of a high fly ball]

    Justin Cobb: No conscious ones.

    Dr. Perry Lyman: We never remember the big ones anyways. Some dumb babysitter holds your mouth shut so she can watch soap operas in peace. At 40 you wonder why you can't stay married. There's only so much I can do with traditional orthodontics. Justin. Justin. Are you ready to let go of your thumb?

    Justin Cobb: Why are you talking like that?

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Answer my question.

    Justin Cobb: What are you gonna do?

    Dr. Perry Lyman: I wanna try hypnosis.

    Justin Cobb: [Justin smiles wanting to laugh] No way.

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Yeah. Really, I've seen it do wonders. Just try and relax. The more relaxed you are, the deeper we can go. Focus on the moon in the painting.

    [Dr. Perry points to the painting behind him on the wall of his office]

    Dr. Perry Lyman: [Dr. Perry turns out his office lights and lights a candle] Sense of peace... like a white light... fills your body. Imagine the white light... filling your feet... and your legs. Then your torso. Then your head. Imagine you're on a path. You're deep in the forest. A shaft of light illuminates a wild animal.

    [Justin see's the image of a male deer with antlers]

    Dr. Perry Lyman: This is your power animal. See it. Study it. When you feel like sucking your thumb, I want you to call on your power animal. Call it now.

    Justin Cobb: [Justin whimpers out loud] Come here.

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Do it in your mind. Whenever you feel afraid, alone, call on your power animal. You're not alone. You're not afraid. You don't need your thumb. And your thumb doesn't need you.

    [Justin wakes up]

    Dr. Perry Lyman: Justin, from now on, your thumb will taste like Echinacea.

    Justin Cobb: [Justin asks before leaving Mr. Perry's office] What's your power animal?

    Dr. Perry Lyman: That's personal.

  • [Justin and Mr. Geary have a final word with one another]

    Mr. Geary: Justin, it's... in my professional opinion that you've become a monster.

    Justin Cobb: What? You used to love me.

    Mr. Geary: Don't get grandiose with this.

    Justin Cobb: Well, what was that all about my gift? And you told me - You - You built it up. You told me I had a talent.

    Mr. Geary: Yeah, you do. You have a real intensity. You have a great understanding of group dynamics. But there's also a lot of things you need to work on, Justin. Like glibness. Arrogance. Self-control. Shall I go on?

    Justin Cobb: At least I still have a dream.

    Mr. Geary: That's great. Is that how you see me? That's what we've come to, Justin?

    Justin Cobb: I already decided that I'm quitting the debate team.

    Mr. Geary: That's my fault. Thank you very much. Good luck to you.

    [Justin leaves Mr. Geary's room]