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My boy scared to go any where in house on own!!!

stacey1471

Hi, had a prev discussion but no replies :-(  regarding my son's recent behaviour!

But one thing i wanted to see if any one else goes thro is,

Being afraid of going anywhere in the house alone!! Day or night (hard at bedtime)

Bless him he wont even go to the toliet or his room alone.  Ive tried asking him why, he just says hes scared & worried. But never says what of.  He also says its because he just loves being close to me.

He has recently been diagnosed with ASD, and is 5 years old.if any one reads this and has advice, eould u mind reading my other post 'behaviour since diagnosis' 

Thank You 

Stacey

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  • Again, it's hard to know how to advise you on this.

    There could be any number of reasons why he doesn't want to go anywhere by himself.

    For example, at some point during one's development one becomes aware of other people and the importance of other people, and at some point later than that, one understands that when a person leaves a room, for example, that person doesn't cease to exist, and when a person that looks and sounds very much like that previous person later enters the room then it's very likely that that is the same person.

    But, for some on the spectrum, the understanding in the second part can take longer to develop (and in some may never fully develop).

    Or, it could be that he doesn't like the wallpaper.

    Or there's a strange noise (some on the spectrum can hear electricity running through the wires, for example).

    Or some other sensory discomfort.

    Or, something I sometimes get is just a really odd feeling, like something's not right - I've never had it happen, but I'd imagine it's the kind of like the feeling people describe having when they're woken up at night by someone, elsewhere, in their home.

    At times like that I find it very difficult to leave the room I'm in and go into another, and I always want there to be someone else here (but, living alone, there never is).

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  • Again, it's hard to know how to advise you on this.

    There could be any number of reasons why he doesn't want to go anywhere by himself.

    For example, at some point during one's development one becomes aware of other people and the importance of other people, and at some point later than that, one understands that when a person leaves a room, for example, that person doesn't cease to exist, and when a person that looks and sounds very much like that previous person later enters the room then it's very likely that that is the same person.

    But, for some on the spectrum, the understanding in the second part can take longer to develop (and in some may never fully develop).

    Or, it could be that he doesn't like the wallpaper.

    Or there's a strange noise (some on the spectrum can hear electricity running through the wires, for example).

    Or some other sensory discomfort.

    Or, something I sometimes get is just a really odd feeling, like something's not right - I've never had it happen, but I'd imagine it's the kind of like the feeling people describe having when they're woken up at night by someone, elsewhere, in their home.

    At times like that I find it very difficult to leave the room I'm in and go into another, and I always want there to be someone else here (but, living alone, there never is).

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