Hi, I would really appreciate some advise please. My 22 yr old son has become obsessed with the thought of someone being able to access his details on various accounts, e.g. Old x box accounts that haven't been used for 5+ years, old email accounts, Subway shop loyalty card account, in fact every ac he has ever had he is constantly checking to see if there's a problem with it or if anyone could have accessed it for any reason. This happened previously about 4 yrs ago to do with his bank ac and that time I reassured him all was ok and I had done the checking so he didn't have to, but this time it was triggered by not being able to instantly delete an unwanted ac and having to wait a month to delete it so he feels powerless to stop thinking about it until it can be deleted, and his mind now is in overdrive thinking about every ac he has ever held and I can see how much he is struggling to stop the thinking and my reassurance that all is well is initially calming his thoughts then it starts back up again, I can see it escalating and it frightens me to think how helpless he seems to be to stop it happening. I've told my son to come to me every time he feels overwhelmed with worry and now if he isn't completely occupied at work or working out with a friend at the gym he is constantly obsessing about this.
Has anyone come across this before? I'm at a complete loss as to how to help and desperately worried for his mental health. Thankyou for any advice you may have, Courtney
