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Hi new hear...problem with my angry 14 year old son
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 501465" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Since you report he had such a hard time as a baby, it could be that he had undiagnosed pain or discomfort of some sort that thru no fault of your own, could have been a part in developing attachment disorder. many of the things you write about really match descriptions in books about kids who have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), reactive attachment disorder. The only way to know is to go to a specialist in Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), general psychs can do more harm than good because they dont see past the superficial charm that difficult child might be able to snow them with. Of course there are other reasons that these issues can be happening so a complete evaluation is necessary but here is a checklist so you can see if it is something you might want to have checked...<a href="http://www.attachmenttherapy.com/childsymptom.htm" target="_blank">Attachment Disorder, Attachment Therapy - Symptoms of Attachment Disorder in Children</a></p><p></p><p>Sounds like you are really living a scary situation and he needs to be in a hospital, maybe an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as others have suggested. This is not a normal functional way to live. Many of us live in extremes so if it hits US as extreme, it probably is.... you have a right to be confused and sad about all of this for sure! Hope you check in frequently..... Buddy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 501465, member: 12886"] Since you report he had such a hard time as a baby, it could be that he had undiagnosed pain or discomfort of some sort that thru no fault of your own, could have been a part in developing attachment disorder. many of the things you write about really match descriptions in books about kids who have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), reactive attachment disorder. The only way to know is to go to a specialist in Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), general psychs can do more harm than good because they dont see past the superficial charm that difficult child might be able to snow them with. Of course there are other reasons that these issues can be happening so a complete evaluation is necessary but here is a checklist so you can see if it is something you might want to have checked...[url=http://www.attachmenttherapy.com/childsymptom.htm]Attachment Disorder, Attachment Therapy - Symptoms of Attachment Disorder in Children[/url] Sounds like you are really living a scary situation and he needs to be in a hospital, maybe an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) as others have suggested. This is not a normal functional way to live. Many of us live in extremes so if it hits US as extreme, it probably is.... you have a right to be confused and sad about all of this for sure! Hope you check in frequently..... Buddy [/QUOTE]
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