"I want to let the fighty thoughts out but it's like there is a barrier keeping them in"
DS, aged 5 and 2 months, admitted to picking a fight today with two of his classmates.
When I talked to him about what had happened and why, that was his response. He said that he gets the same feeling of a 'barrier' when he is messing around at school and not doing what he is told.
He is a bright child who has always been high energy. He can focus really well when something grabs his attention, for example will spend half an hour on jigsaw that is recommended for children above his age, and will spend hours building Lego models- whether his own creation or following instructions. But getting him to do something that doesn't interest him is nigh on impossible.
He is very physical and enjoys rough and tumble games, but fortunately the incidences of him getting into situations where he ends up hurting someone else are diminishing, but not entirely extinguished.
I am just really interested by what he said about a "barrier" in his head? What could that mean? Could he benefit from some sort of professional help to remove that feeling of being blocked in to his difficult thoughts?