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Doors!

NAS77214

Hi, my little boy who is 5 has started displaying his obsessive behaviour around doors/gates/lights anything he can turn on/off or close. 
he used to obsess over gates and doors being closed when he was younger and it’s come back but even more obsessive.

please if you have any advice or tips on how to help with this obsession I’d be so grateful, when we are out or at home it’s not a problem but at school it’s become so apparent that he is hurting others (not intentionally) due to needing things to be closed.

thank you in advance for any help Pray tone2

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  • It's useful behaviour if he grows up to live with a woman...

    I wish I had a compulsion to shut doors!

    Also an interesting (and useful) factoid about doorways & portals generally, is that when you pass through one, your brain tends to reset it's self for the new environment it expects on the other side of the door. which explains a lot of "lost keys" situations.

    As an aircraft mechanic I used to find myself arriving in the stores with no recollection of what part it was I was needing. After I learned about the portal/brain thing I used to duck back out into the hangar quickly if I found myself not remembering what I had come in for,  and it would then usually come back to me. I also took to reminding myself what I needed for stores AFTER exiting the aeroplane. 

  • in reply to I Sperg

    If you mean cupboard doors, it's a safety issue too and likewise with drawers. However I guess not when a drawer is closed leaving something peeping out, more to do with unfinished things.

    Interesting about portal brain. I am terrible at remembering what I went somewhere for. Are you able to explain further? Unfortunately going back doesn't always work and is frustrating when you know you were going to do something. Sometimes takes ages to remember.

  • in reply to Homebird

    Not really, it was just something my G/F picked up and I tried and it seemed helpful. It sure saved me a lot of trips for aircraft to stores & back again to remember what it was I wanted...

    Sorry I can't be more helpful.

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