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Self harming worry

NAS77474

Hi there, I am new to this forum. My granddaughter is almost 9 years old and waiting for her diagnosis for autism, it is thought that she might have Asperger’s. Just recently she has been getting very anxious and has started  hitting herself in the head if things are not going as perfectly as she thinks they are supposed to, for example she was building a Lego project and stumbling over a part of it but her frustration was so bad she began punching herself in the head. My daughter is extremely worried about this and she’s a great mum and calmed my daughter down and everything was fine but my daughters concern is that can this type of behaviour  in the future turn into self harming in a larger scale. My daughter also has a seven-year-old son who has autism and her daughter is wonderful with him. Such a loving little girl and it’s very stressful to see her getting so anxious. My daughter is always looking ahead to try to help prevent  things happening and keep the children safe as we all do with our children and  love ones. I’m reaching out to this as my daughter is becoming anxious herself about this becoming more serious as my granddaughter gets older as she cannot get any information from anywhere concerning this.

  • in reply to Rat

    Thankyou for replying , I will pass this information on to my daughter . 

  • in reply to Fibonacci Squid

    Thankyou so much for replying. I will pass this information onto my daughter . I know she has been to the GP but unfortunately he has not been very helpful and she has tried other routes and finding ways of helping her now.
    I know it’s hard not to think about the future, we all do it  but unfortunately that is what seems to be there a lot with my daughter  at the moment Frowning2️

  • Occupational therapy can be a huge help with things like this.

  • Here is my family's story with a perspective on this

    My younger brother who is now 13 is currently being assessed for autism and is most likely autistic. He had a really bad period when he was about 6 and temporarily went to a new school during which he was hitting his head in moments where he was massively upset (in hindsight these were probably meltdowns). My mum and dad went to the gp and were told that it was unlikely to become a bigger problem and once he went back to his old school they almost instantly stopped although he has always had a tendency to hit himself if he gets massively overwhelmed but it never worsened.

    I would recommend bringing this up with your granddaughters gp or other healthcare professional if she has one. They can assess and decide how to proceed, but also you will then have a record of it if it does become  more frequent or severe to push the healthcare services to act. Records are important unfortunately. 

    hope this helps