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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 708853" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>You know throughout reading your posts what I have wondered if it is something physical. That since his infancy he has felt pain and distress physically that is not within the normal range. And that now since the tumor, it is even worse. Or related to this, I have read about children who experience subtle mini seizures that literally seem to drive them mad. They do not understand what is happening to them.</p><p></p><p>They cannot stop it. They feel tortured. Furious. They beseech you to STOP IT, to help them. Their fury is that they do not understand that you cannot. This is further compounded by the circumstance that babies and little children do not fully comprehend that they are not part of their mother, or that their mother cannot feel, does not feel what they feel.</p><p></p><p>I go back to the idea of the neuropsychiatrist. Has he been tested for seizure activity?</p><p></p><p>Have you broached the idea that there could be some kind of something going on in him that is physical in origin that distresses, disturbs him?</p><p></p><p>What about a pediatric pain specialist?</p><p></p><p>I am not trying to be smart to think of the "right" answer. (OK. Maybe a little bit.) But more to brainstorm just what in the world it could be.</p><p></p><p>Because think about this: an infant of 4 months old I do not think really can be mentally ill in the way we think about it, because their brains and personalities (developmentally) do not permit it.</p><p></p><p>You heard his cry and you interpreted it that way.</p><p></p><p>I cannot KNOW what is going on, of course, but I will try to look a little bit at the research to see if what I wrote is born out and supported by how others think. (I did teach developmental psychology in a university, but that was long ago, and not for a long time. And probably not very well either.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 708853, member: 18958"] You know throughout reading your posts what I have wondered if it is something physical. That since his infancy he has felt pain and distress physically that is not within the normal range. And that now since the tumor, it is even worse. Or related to this, I have read about children who experience subtle mini seizures that literally seem to drive them mad. They do not understand what is happening to them. They cannot stop it. They feel tortured. Furious. They beseech you to STOP IT, to help them. Their fury is that they do not understand that you cannot. This is further compounded by the circumstance that babies and little children do not fully comprehend that they are not part of their mother, or that their mother cannot feel, does not feel what they feel. I go back to the idea of the neuropsychiatrist. Has he been tested for seizure activity? Have you broached the idea that there could be some kind of something going on in him that is physical in origin that distresses, disturbs him? What about a pediatric pain specialist? I am not trying to be smart to think of the "right" answer. (OK. Maybe a little bit.) But more to brainstorm just what in the world it could be. Because think about this: an infant of 4 months old I do not think really can be mentally ill in the way we think about it, because their brains and personalities (developmentally) do not permit it. You heard his cry and you interpreted it that way. I cannot KNOW what is going on, of course, but I will try to look a little bit at the research to see if what I wrote is born out and supported by how others think. (I did teach developmental psychology in a university, but that was long ago, and not for a long time. And probably not very well either.) [/QUOTE]
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