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<blockquote data-quote="barneysmom" data-source="post: 335725" data-attributes="member: 1872"><p>Hello kjs,</p><p></p><p>I can relate. As a matter of fact I just got off the phone with the on-call psychiatrist who prescribed a small dose of Ativan to get us through the weekend (gfgB). He is super-anxious and unstable right now, but that's another story.</p><p></p><p>A year ago (6th grade) he had sores on his arms from picking at them. He only stopped when a teacher took him to the guidance office and asked him if he was being abused (she was a substitute -- we were well-known to the school system by that time).</p><p></p><p>This year , like for your son, circumstances have conspired to make gfgB extremely anxious. For one, he has developed encopresis (about nine months now). This is consuming so much mental and emotional energy that he is failing all his classes. This is a medical condition but kids with performance anxiety (like mine) are vulnerable to it. Other bad stuff has happened too. He and his brother got in a fight and his brother called 911, and the cops took them both to juvie. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I had noticed many round, uniformly circular bruises on his arms. </p><p>He said it was from roughhousing with our dog (I let myself believe him kind of). Then the teacher wrote and said that she had noticed him taking the eraser end of his pencils and pushing them hard into his arms, leaving bruises.</p><p></p><p>He is angry and anxious. Right on the edge I think. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with your son -- wanted you to know he's not the only one who does this, not that it's any less heartbreaking or worrisome for you. In a weird way and unhealthy I think they're trying to regulate themselves. I think the porn may be about regulation too. I think the picking is a different type of self-injury than cutting -- different motivation. JMO and 2 cents.</p><p></p><p>Good luck my friend, you'll do a great job for your boy, and take care of yourself too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barneysmom, post: 335725, member: 1872"] Hello kjs, I can relate. As a matter of fact I just got off the phone with the on-call psychiatrist who prescribed a small dose of Ativan to get us through the weekend (gfgB). He is super-anxious and unstable right now, but that's another story. A year ago (6th grade) he had sores on his arms from picking at them. He only stopped when a teacher took him to the guidance office and asked him if he was being abused (she was a substitute -- we were well-known to the school system by that time). This year , like for your son, circumstances have conspired to make gfgB extremely anxious. For one, he has developed encopresis (about nine months now). This is consuming so much mental and emotional energy that he is failing all his classes. This is a medical condition but kids with performance anxiety (like mine) are vulnerable to it. Other bad stuff has happened too. He and his brother got in a fight and his brother called 911, and the cops took them both to juvie. Anyway, I had noticed many round, uniformly circular bruises on his arms. He said it was from roughhousing with our dog (I let myself believe him kind of). Then the teacher wrote and said that she had noticed him taking the eraser end of his pencils and pushing them hard into his arms, leaving bruises. He is angry and anxious. Right on the edge I think. Good luck with your son -- wanted you to know he's not the only one who does this, not that it's any less heartbreaking or worrisome for you. In a weird way and unhealthy I think they're trying to regulate themselves. I think the porn may be about regulation too. I think the picking is a different type of self-injury than cutting -- different motivation. JMO and 2 cents. Good luck my friend, you'll do a great job for your boy, and take care of yourself too. [/QUOTE]
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