Meltdowns

[mommyof2]

Just curious if anyone else has a child that can go through such complete meltdowns and 5 minutes later....it is over. Example: my son loves to build forts, yesterday he went out to the woods to check it from all the rain we have been having and I truely thought the world had stopped.... He ran to his room crying histerically. I was in my daughters room cleaning with her and thought okay I will let this past...but after awhile went to him and said what is wrong...he tells me his fort fell down and how much he hates his life, ect. He continued this for a bit, 20 min or so and then it was over...not another thing said. Another example when playing video games and he loses...boy does it happen... today we were at my parents for lunch after school and he was playing while we were getting lunch out and he lost in the last second and he was so upset he could not eat...he went into the room (this time not crying...but sobbing) we left him go and within 10 minutes he was making his way but in with us. He is a very emotional and soft hearted 11 year old.... when he plays baseball and pitching a game outstandingly but has a strike out he is ready to quit ball because he is no good, according to him. He can be very loving to me, but when he is upset I am told I am the worse mother because I won't let him play by the pond where he already slipped in once and there are snapping turltes around it. It is just so frustrating... I wonder if this is part of the tics or just a bad behaviour problem he has. He always cried easily when little and had terrible separation anxiety in school up until 2nd grade. I don't want to give him a free pass to act like this, saying oh he can't help it...but I wonder if he can.... He can change so quickly.... Normally he just wants to be hugged and the i love yous are constant... But when he hit a mood watch out.... I can reallly see afterwards the sadness and teh humiliation for acting like this and he does say he is sorry.................just wish I knew what to do to get them to stop..........We do tell him when he does good and how proud wer are of him and how much we like it when he does what he is told!!!

 

okay just wondered if i was alone with this or if anyone else had some suggestions to try with him.... I would love for him to be the happy boy he really could be

Mary

[myrose]

My daughter is going to be 7 in September and she went through a period like that.

We still have those periods but not as frequent like we used to. She would get very upset, go in her room for a bit and then when she came out it was as nothing had just happened.

I think all kids may experience this?????

[mommyof2]

his period has been lasting for years LOL just wish I knew a way to stop them... I try to ignore them and giving him any attention for it thinking he would realize it gets him nowhere...hopefully with maturity it will happen

Mary

 

 

My daughter is going to be 7 in September and she went through a period like that.

We still have those periods but not as frequent like we used to. She would get very upset, go in her room for a bit and then when she came out it was as nothing had just happened.

I think all kids may experience this?????