Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone, first time post.
My 15yo has ASD/ADHD and his behaviour during a meltdown is getting more and more aggressive. Today as well as the hurtful comments and swearing, he threw stuff around, constanstantly slamming and banging his door, damaging furniture, throwing things out of his window.
His aggression is beginging to scare me. Today this went on for an and a half, it's lasted longer before. He's a twin and had his brother shaking in tears, he hates him. I realise a lot is teenage angst but I can't go through this every time, I worry he might hit me eventually. He also self harms and I worry that will escalate.
Any advice would be really appreciated x
Learning to process unfamiliar emotions is a tricky time. It sounds like unprocessed emotion is building up (balance of probability), Talking therapy is a good way to gain clarity and more helpful forms of expression.
Something I've never got round to looking into myself, but I understand playing in tabletop RPG games is also a great tool to use on the side