Good morning ,
I'm just looking for some advice /support /or just to know I'm not going insane !
My son after a long wait was diagnosed in summer 2021 with ASD and he has very high anixety .
He always has and still struggles with school , doesnt want to leave me in the mornings, then there is 9 times put of 10 a meltdown when home about another child or the teacher etc usually its "the teacher shouts " or another child is not been nice , calling him names , hitting him but he then gets fixated on that. This can happen at club or other places , trampoline parks etc where he then becomes emotionally dis regulated and is crying , shouting and most recently punching furniture with frustration I guess , especially if he thinks the other child should be spoke to /displined and isn't. He is in mainstream class .
He is very literal and always looking for reassurance from me about foods he's eating , that he won't get fat , his teeth won't fall out etc and has to be pinky promised everytime he eats something.
Bedtime can be a battle , he has to have teddy's, curtains, lights etc all a certain way then before he settles he asks me the same worry questions like ,do I promise he won't choke , die , go blind , scary stuff won't get him etc etc
Once reassured he will eventually go to sleep but wakes and climbs into my bed in the night and then is still up at 6.30am .
Sorry that's a bit long but I feel l sometimes like I'm judged as he comes across to people as well "normal" I guess then if he's having meltdown it can just look like to others he is been a pest but I know he can't control it .
Thank x
