AutumnDae
January 11th, 2008, 04:07 PM
I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but none of the Psychiatric Ward's forums seemed to fit. Move it if it is wrong please.
My younger brother, Alex is 8. He is different I guess. He doesn't like to go outside, except to go swimming, or the occasional sledding. He only really plays video games or watches T.V. Every time you start joking around with him, or just really saying something to him, he gets really angry. And upset. And also every time you startle him, if hes reading something, and you say his name, he screams. Like he's really scared. So yesterday 1/10/07, apparently, he was in gym class, and got hit in the "face" (his eye I guess) with a basketball. Now, being 8 of course he cried. But not only did he cry, he SCREAMED. And laid down on the floor, hand covering his eye, and screamed. The coach, could not get him to remove his hand from his eye, to take a look at it. The school greeter (sits in the lobby, signs people in) had to CARRY him to the nurse's office. His eye was fine, but he wouldn't stop screaming and crying. He went back to class, and for the rest of the day his teachers could not get him to move, do any work, anything. He comes home with a note in his backpack, asking to set up a meeting about him. My mom goes today, and she said "they didn't tell me anything I didn't already know" They talked about his behavior yesterday, how he likes to work by himself, doesn't like to play with other children. I said "So he doesn't like to work in a group, big deal." But, my mom is calling his pediatrician, and meeting with him to talk about Alex. My mom wants to see what he says, and maybe have Alex go to a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist. Whichever one applies here, sorry I don't really know the difference.
I think what my mom is worried about is Alex, and how he handles his emotions. It seems that he either doesn't have any emotions, or they are really strong, like screaming and crying. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong with him, if anything. I'm really nervous about him going to "therapy" I doubt he would go for it. He wouldn't be easy to fool, saying "Let's play some games"
I just remembered one thing, that may help with anything. Before Christmas, my mom, sister, and I were on the computer, looking up things for Christmas. All Alex said he wanted was a Wii game. Come to find out, the game's release date was pushed back to about February. He proceeded to cry for about an hour and a half, face don on the couch, when he heard this peice of information.
Sorry for this being so long, I just want to get some opinions, and figured as many details as possible would help.
My younger brother, Alex is 8. He is different I guess. He doesn't like to go outside, except to go swimming, or the occasional sledding. He only really plays video games or watches T.V. Every time you start joking around with him, or just really saying something to him, he gets really angry. And upset. And also every time you startle him, if hes reading something, and you say his name, he screams. Like he's really scared. So yesterday 1/10/07, apparently, he was in gym class, and got hit in the "face" (his eye I guess) with a basketball. Now, being 8 of course he cried. But not only did he cry, he SCREAMED. And laid down on the floor, hand covering his eye, and screamed. The coach, could not get him to remove his hand from his eye, to take a look at it. The school greeter (sits in the lobby, signs people in) had to CARRY him to the nurse's office. His eye was fine, but he wouldn't stop screaming and crying. He went back to class, and for the rest of the day his teachers could not get him to move, do any work, anything. He comes home with a note in his backpack, asking to set up a meeting about him. My mom goes today, and she said "they didn't tell me anything I didn't already know" They talked about his behavior yesterday, how he likes to work by himself, doesn't like to play with other children. I said "So he doesn't like to work in a group, big deal." But, my mom is calling his pediatrician, and meeting with him to talk about Alex. My mom wants to see what he says, and maybe have Alex go to a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist. Whichever one applies here, sorry I don't really know the difference.
I think what my mom is worried about is Alex, and how he handles his emotions. It seems that he either doesn't have any emotions, or they are really strong, like screaming and crying. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong with him, if anything. I'm really nervous about him going to "therapy" I doubt he would go for it. He wouldn't be easy to fool, saying "Let's play some games"
I just remembered one thing, that may help with anything. Before Christmas, my mom, sister, and I were on the computer, looking up things for Christmas. All Alex said he wanted was a Wii game. Come to find out, the game's release date was pushed back to about February. He proceeded to cry for about an hour and a half, face don on the couch, when he heard this peice of information.
Sorry for this being so long, I just want to get some opinions, and figured as many details as possible would help.