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I am worried about my son's MH

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I am worried about my son's mental wellbeing. He is 18 and therefore classed as an adult. He says he's fine and will not seek help. I've seen the GP and he says there's nothing he can do without my son going to see him first. My son sleeps all day, rarely eats and never leaves the house. He was diagnosed ASD in May but refusing to engage with the diagnosis. All the doors I've tried just say he has to be in a place where he can accept help and he's clearly not there yet. So I just sit back and do nothing???

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  • you can try to engage with him in some way?
    i dunno, get to know him, what he likes, maybe ask him if he wants to go for a walk somewhere or something.

    i bet he likes chocolate, you could randomly buy him some chocolate as that would make up for any bad calorie deficit he has going on. which is one thing you need to think on if you say he isnt eating.

    you need a way to motivate him, but to know how to do that you must first know what he likes and so on so you can work off it.

    does he like action heroes? anime? gaming? perhaps you can try get him to aspire to be like the badass hero characters he is attached to and get him to take up martial arts or some sort of training? that then would change him if its done right as making yourself physically healthier like that has a knock on effect to everything. i know martial arts worked to change me alot personally. small steps and all though. takes time, but a seed takes along time to grow into a tree.

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  • you can try to engage with him in some way?
    i dunno, get to know him, what he likes, maybe ask him if he wants to go for a walk somewhere or something.

    i bet he likes chocolate, you could randomly buy him some chocolate as that would make up for any bad calorie deficit he has going on. which is one thing you need to think on if you say he isnt eating.

    you need a way to motivate him, but to know how to do that you must first know what he likes and so on so you can work off it.

    does he like action heroes? anime? gaming? perhaps you can try get him to aspire to be like the badass hero characters he is attached to and get him to take up martial arts or some sort of training? that then would change him if its done right as making yourself physically healthier like that has a knock on effect to everything. i know martial arts worked to change me alot personally. small steps and all though. takes time, but a seed takes along time to grow into a tree.

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