Hi, every one...I don't even know if I belong here?
Short history....My son is 6 yr old...Since birth he was a very sensitive baby, later diagnosed with food and environmental allergies.....He is still a anxious child who gets upset VERY easily! I had him twice at a child phychologist who said that he is highly intelligent and bright, she can't detect any dysorders....She only picked up that he has alot of supprest anger.
I later took him to a new psychologist who had a long interview with me and only after seeing my son for 20 minutes said that he has ODD!(Because he wasn't very interested of working with her and his history)....
I went back to the previous psychologist who is head of the child trauma clinic...Again, she doesn't see something wrong.
But lately his behaviour became more irritable, plenty of crying outbursts, screaming ect. I went to look at the symptom checklist of ODD and to my big surprise he meeted all 8 of the criteria! He also did something that upset me alot the last week: After I didnt want to give him his way he went to fetch a play knife, hide it and came from the back and 'cut my neck' imaginary......We had a long discussion and I desided to take away his star wars game,because of all the fighting in the game, thought this might have triggered this behaviorhis. This was the last straw so I made an appointment to go and see the psychologist again in october...
But what I don't understand is that he can be the most loving child, showing remorse and trying to improve his behavior...He is very well behaved at school and at friends house , he does well in school and is the model child! Sometimes when I share his behaviour with his teacher, she is utterly shocked as if I'm talking about a different child! But at home he just show almost NO respect towards my authority, ect...you know the behavior!
I feel so guilty, as if I want to put a label around his neck, talking negatively behind his back, letting him down...And most of all I feel guilty and wondering if I'm not doing something wrong that causes this behavior....Maybe this is just the way a 6 yr old is?
Am I over sensitive or looking for stuff that's not there...?
Any advice or opinions welcome
Short history....My son is 6 yr old...Since birth he was a very sensitive baby, later diagnosed with food and environmental allergies.....He is still a anxious child who gets upset VERY easily! I had him twice at a child phychologist who said that he is highly intelligent and bright, she can't detect any dysorders....She only picked up that he has alot of supprest anger.
I later took him to a new psychologist who had a long interview with me and only after seeing my son for 20 minutes said that he has ODD!(Because he wasn't very interested of working with her and his history)....
I went back to the previous psychologist who is head of the child trauma clinic...Again, she doesn't see something wrong.
But lately his behaviour became more irritable, plenty of crying outbursts, screaming ect. I went to look at the symptom checklist of ODD and to my big surprise he meeted all 8 of the criteria! He also did something that upset me alot the last week: After I didnt want to give him his way he went to fetch a play knife, hide it and came from the back and 'cut my neck' imaginary......We had a long discussion and I desided to take away his star wars game,because of all the fighting in the game, thought this might have triggered this behaviorhis. This was the last straw so I made an appointment to go and see the psychologist again in october...
But what I don't understand is that he can be the most loving child, showing remorse and trying to improve his behavior...He is very well behaved at school and at friends house , he does well in school and is the model child! Sometimes when I share his behaviour with his teacher, she is utterly shocked as if I'm talking about a different child! But at home he just show almost NO respect towards my authority, ect...you know the behavior!
I feel so guilty, as if I want to put a label around his neck, talking negatively behind his back, letting him down...And most of all I feel guilty and wondering if I'm not doing something wrong that causes this behavior....Maybe this is just the way a 6 yr old is?
Am I over sensitive or looking for stuff that's not there...?
Any advice or opinions welcome