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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 27060" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>People with Tourette's are often obsessed with knives and sharp objects. If this is obsession and morbid fascination, you have your work cut out for you. I don't see it as anything more sinister, but clearly it has the potential to be more sinister if other medical conditions are in the picture and become a problem.</p><p></p><p>Is there any way you could help him channel this obsession? It will depend on what is it about knives that fascinates him. What about other tools? Working with tools? Could he work with a grinder, maybe, to cut keys or smooth metal? What if he took up metalwork as a hobby (under careful supervision)? It may be the metal he's attracted to, it may be able to be sublimated in some other way.</p><p></p><p>Just locking up the knives - I know you need to do it, but all it's doing is reactive, not proactive. I'm not blaming you in any way, just trying to wrack my brains for you, because clearly just locking them up is not going to work long-term. All you're able to do right now is wrap him in cotton wool, but he's pulling it off as fast as you can wrap him up.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 had a fascination with lighters and lighter fluid (as well as knives and various blades). All we could do was confiscate. But he was never as bad as this, which makes me think this is the Tourette's. I've seen it before, to this extent.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 27060, member: 1991"] People with Tourette's are often obsessed with knives and sharp objects. If this is obsession and morbid fascination, you have your work cut out for you. I don't see it as anything more sinister, but clearly it has the potential to be more sinister if other medical conditions are in the picture and become a problem. Is there any way you could help him channel this obsession? It will depend on what is it about knives that fascinates him. What about other tools? Working with tools? Could he work with a grinder, maybe, to cut keys or smooth metal? What if he took up metalwork as a hobby (under careful supervision)? It may be the metal he's attracted to, it may be able to be sublimated in some other way. Just locking up the knives - I know you need to do it, but all it's doing is reactive, not proactive. I'm not blaming you in any way, just trying to wrack my brains for you, because clearly just locking them up is not going to work long-term. All you're able to do right now is wrap him in cotton wool, but he's pulling it off as fast as you can wrap him up. difficult child 1 had a fascination with lighters and lighter fluid (as well as knives and various blades). All we could do was confiscate. But he was never as bad as this, which makes me think this is the Tourette's. I've seen it before, to this extent. Marg [/QUOTE]
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