Published on 12, July, 2020
My daughter has recently started biting her arms over the past few weeks. She has many bruises on her arms which some are swollen. They range from big to small little ones and look very painful. She had to be held because of this yesterday in school. They explained that she was biting with extreme force so they held her to stop her. She's never done this before and I'm lost on what to do. Like, how do I prevent the worst injuries as much as I can without touching her because that makes it worse?
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We haven't seen the doctor because we aren't a big fan of them with her. She does have anxiety but we know when she's anxious because she will go quiet, look paler and with play with her fingers.
She will bite her arms and hurt herself during a meltdown or when she is overloaded by something. She uses stress toys when she's anxious if she has them otherwise if she's trying to bite herself she's not in the frame of mind to even think about anything.