It's breaking my heart.
He is 5 with suspected autism. He is becoming very emotional and anxious at things touching him. As fine as he appears he is obsessively washing his hands. Every few minutes! though I am trying my hardest to stop this but its causing him alot of upset. Anything he touches he then goes to wash his hands. Anything that touches him he goes into a meltdown saying he hates it. He has also started over tightening the taps to the point in need to get them replaced.
I'm not long out the shower and my foot touched him slightly. This sparked a massive crying fit how he doesnt like me for making him dirty. The other night his foot touched a cushion and he touched it. He was fast to go to wash his hands and I asked him to not. He was so upset that he had to as his foot has touched the cushion.
I am trying my best to reassure him but nothing is working. I want to blame myself but at no point have I told him to wash his hands like this. Ive never had to tell him really. He just knows when to but this is extreme.
He has also started to blink repeatedly for alot of the day and is communicating to people by hissing and when I correct him he says he is a cat. He is not a rude boy but the hissing when spoken to comes across rude and he has never done this in response to people before.
He seems to be struggling more by the day.
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My son is struggling :-(
SpideyMom · 08/05/2020 13:21
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