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Low mood/depression in 6-year-old

Michelle&Sam

Hi everyone!

We have just been on a 3 week holiday abroad with my 6-year-old son, with ASD. 

I was a bit shocked and saddened by some of his thoughts and comments while away. 

These included things like:

  • What is wrong with my brain
  • I hate myself
  • Why am I sad all the time
  • Why am I not like other children 
  • I have bad thoughts
  • I'll hurt myself to make it better

I had no idea that a 6 year old (he only turned 6 a week ago) was capable of understanding the brain and the concepts he came out with.

He does not sleep well, he is scared of the dark and 'his imagination in his own words. Last night, when putting him to bed, I played classical meditation sleep music. He started crying and asked my why thr music makes him so sad.

I am now really worried about his mental state. We are in Scotland, and due to the long waiting lists went private to get his diagnoses. I would imagine getting NHS help with this would be the same. So here is my question:

A) who should we go and see (this will be private again)

B) has anyone else experienced this in their child?

Thank you,

Michelle

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  • I was excluded a lot and always sad. The sadness... was a bit like Sadness in Inside Out. I didn't hate myself and I thought much more than 'normal' about death... and life and matters of space/ time/ eternity. It was hard for my mother, who felt inclusion and belonging was everything. But looking back, I was always in tears because I was overwhelmed compounded by the inability to understand feelings or access the right vocabulary to explain what I could sense-perceive. And the fact was I could sense far more than I should. 

    Eventually, philosophy and theology and physics brought a great deal of comfort! I actually found my inability to just 'blend' in was incredibly liberating. I wasn't bound to these seemingly invisible codes and I could find the Right others to be friends with and not the Wrong ones. 

    The bad thoughts are not his. Allow him to talk about them and you will notice they are his picking up things in society he cannot make sense of. Further, his brain is not broken. It has incredible potential. It's just not a match for current society. The Master and his Emissary might be a good read for you. Unfortunately, his ability to sense-perceive is beyond his ability to articulate it. 

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  • I was excluded a lot and always sad. The sadness... was a bit like Sadness in Inside Out. I didn't hate myself and I thought much more than 'normal' about death... and life and matters of space/ time/ eternity. It was hard for my mother, who felt inclusion and belonging was everything. But looking back, I was always in tears because I was overwhelmed compounded by the inability to understand feelings or access the right vocabulary to explain what I could sense-perceive. And the fact was I could sense far more than I should. 

    Eventually, philosophy and theology and physics brought a great deal of comfort! I actually found my inability to just 'blend' in was incredibly liberating. I wasn't bound to these seemingly invisible codes and I could find the Right others to be friends with and not the Wrong ones. 

    The bad thoughts are not his. Allow him to talk about them and you will notice they are his picking up things in society he cannot make sense of. Further, his brain is not broken. It has incredible potential. It's just not a match for current society. The Master and his Emissary might be a good read for you. Unfortunately, his ability to sense-perceive is beyond his ability to articulate it. 

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