Sorry, long but didn't want to drip feed. I am really worried about DD(10) and have no idea what to do.
Every time there is a noise she clamps her hands over her ears and gets upset.
If we go anywhere busy she grips onto my arm and starts whining.
She has started complaining about the textures of clothes.
She refuses to eat some foods due to texture, even foods she has always liked.
She has stopped making eye contact.
She has developed a few strange little habits - moving things in the cupboards so they are in a set order, rearranging bookshelves, tapping the top of the light switch before switching it off - none of which is an issue, just odd and she gets upset if things are put back wrong.
It takes 4 or 5 attempts to get her attention most of the time.
She stares off into space a lot.
She has started fiddling with things.
She seems to have lost any sense of volume control, so she'll go from whispering to shouting for no apparent reason.
She's started slapping, kicking and biting when she is angry, she is constantly rude to me and shouts at me all the time. She bursts into tears really easily and seems to struggle to pull herself together.
All of this is new behaviour which has started within the last 3 months at most, she is 10 years old.
School have said she is the same there, apart from the lashing out and rudeness, she's apparently very well behaved, polite and pleasant at school (but does cry easily). Guides say much the same.
She is never rude to her dad either and doesn't lash out at him, we live together and he tells her off about the same amount I do and in pretty much the same way, which is starting to get to me a bit because it is starting to feel like she hates me.
She started her periods about the same time she started acting like this which probably explains the moods and tears but I've never heard of it causing this many issues. She changed schools in September due to bullying which I think might be part of it but I don't know, it just feels like there is more to it than that.