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difficult child 1 therapist appointment today spent in the CAR
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 400786" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I don't think it's necessarily embarrassment... he talked about this (I think) last week at his appointment, since I'd told therapist the week before... Or maybe he just didn't want to chance having to talk about it again.</p><p> </p><p>therapist and I both see that this kid would rather avoid, stuff, run away, anything than deal with uncomfortable feelings or fears. That's the one thing I hope therapy resolves for him.</p><p> </p><p>I've given up trying to strong-arm him over stuff, and I will only brow beat him if it's truly a basket A thing (although I try to be subtle about the brow beating, ahem). Like when he refused to go in for the CT scan. I eventually wore him down, but it was important. </p><p> </p><p>I'm really not shocked by the assessment. difficult child 1 has always preferred to shut down when facing difficult things. He did it when he was a toddler, too. Spent the first day of preschool orientation curled up in a ball after they pried his fingers from my clothes. I felt horrible walking to the parent meeting as my kid screamed bloody murder, but I figured he'd snap out of it once I left. He stopped screaming, but he dug his heels in and refused to cooperate. Poor kid was exhausted and fell asleep on the way home that morning. </p><p> </p><p>Baby steps, huh?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 400786, member: 3444"] I don't think it's necessarily embarrassment... he talked about this (I think) last week at his appointment, since I'd told therapist the week before... Or maybe he just didn't want to chance having to talk about it again. therapist and I both see that this kid would rather avoid, stuff, run away, anything than deal with uncomfortable feelings or fears. That's the one thing I hope therapy resolves for him. I've given up trying to strong-arm him over stuff, and I will only brow beat him if it's truly a basket A thing (although I try to be subtle about the brow beating, ahem). Like when he refused to go in for the CT scan. I eventually wore him down, but it was important. I'm really not shocked by the assessment. difficult child 1 has always preferred to shut down when facing difficult things. He did it when he was a toddler, too. Spent the first day of preschool orientation curled up in a ball after they pried his fingers from my clothes. I felt horrible walking to the parent meeting as my kid screamed bloody murder, but I figured he'd snap out of it once I left. He stopped screaming, but he dug his heels in and refused to cooperate. Poor kid was exhausted and fell asleep on the way home that morning. Baby steps, huh? [/QUOTE]
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