Hi,
I'm looking for some shared experiences and advice please. My 7 year old is developing behaviours similar to being obsessed, with what he wears and his appearance. It often extends to other things tho, like thinking he has stood is dog poo and checking his feet 20 times in a walk. He looks in car mirrors to check his hair is ok by his own standards and if it's not he can get really upset and appear gutted that it's just not right. We've adapted what he wears to school to be less formal as he wasn't comfortable in formal trousers and shirts/shoes, so he goes in school colours and looks smart but has Nike trainers and tracksuit bottoms although every day is a battle , whether it's his socks or trackies, jumper or jacket or hair or all of the above, the mornings become a real challenge and end in a screaming match which is really awful . I've tried to explain why we have uniform, that he looks lovely in whatever he wears , it really doesn't matter that much etc but the behaviours are more constant and more erratic at times. Last week he tried on 4 footy kits and had a full on melt down, very very upset before reverting back to his original kit. I'm past the point of trying to understand it and it's all fireworks everyday as I dread it. Consequences and threats don't help, that just upsets him more. He's seems incredibly frustrated as much as I am and I have no idea what's causing it?