5 year old said something triggering this evening

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He’s currently obsessed with killing and death in general.

He said “Mummy, I wish I would die” then laughed it off. I was so triggered I felt like I was going to burst into tears there and then. I felt really shaken up too.
I almost shouted at him “Don’t say that!” He just laughed and continued playing.

I’m also a believer in manifestation and speaking things into existence, which is why I’m now in a panic.

Developmentally this is an age appropriate comment
As an aside you need to work on your resilience and coping strategies to deal with the inevitable challenges you’ll encounter as a parent

Has there been a death in the family or someone he knows? A friend of mine ds grandad passed away in hospital when he was 4. So whenever someone was admitted to hospital including himself he thought that ment they would die. He would get himself into such a state over it.

Kids say spooky things all the time. It's the imaginary friends that get me 😱 It's like, you're doing the beginning of every horror film ever - stop it!

I wanted to die at 6. Honestly, truly, wished I could just go to sleep and never wake up. I never laughed about it though. He probably thinks he gets to go somewhere "fun: like heaven or whatever.

OT: Only reasons I watch Marvel adaptations- Thor and Captain America's ass.

You get used to it. We’ve had a whole cast of friends living with us for about 3 years.

My granddaughter has a whole different life with a cast of dozens, plus pets, who live in her 'other house'.

agree had an earful of this manifestation bull shit - just think positive and step toward your goal

end of story - also he’s 5 they say all sorts my son wished he were a bin man

Someone needs to be the adult here.

@sofedupandtiredofthis you found very kind. And your posts are long and considered.

However, this is a thread started by a poster with no posting history, in AIBU, with no return, and with the sort of detail designed to get people going. Please don’t waste your thoughts on it.

just think positive

You don't even have to think positive.

Tell him you will enjoy eating all his sweets and chocolates and playing with all his toys when he's gone. If he's anything like my son he will quickly ask you if you care about him.

Three must be an "age". When my DD was four, she asked me, "If you die, can I have your underwear.".
Years later:
She laughed, but not as hard as I did when I took a box of it over to her when she was forty, telling her I was giving her her inheritance early. (To be fair, it was VS items, pretty much)

It serves her right, though. Age five, same child, as I was getting out of the shower and surprise being visited by DD. "Mommy! Are you going to have a baby?". I replied, "Of course not." DD, "But your tummy is SO big!".

She's had a few more "stunner" comments while growing up and to this day is actually quite witty and also sarcastic. In fact, sarcasm is her superpower.

She deserved the underwear. 😉

It really is.

Please don't tell him it is possible to manifest things into existence. People can end up in years of therapy if they believe their thoughts can make bad things happen.

Of course people care, me included. In the last 12 months my Dad has died and 2 very close friends have been given terminal diagnosis, 2 years ago my sister died and just yesterday my neighbour died an hour later i was told my cousin was dying and to round it all up my DH was diagnosed with bowel cancer 6 weeks ago but am i "triggered" by death ? am i hell as it is part of life. We have all had people die and we have all had to grieve but jeeze oh do we crumble because of child's comments, no we don't. OP needs to give her head a bloody good wobble.

Lots, clearly. 😂