My son is 9 and since he was little when he fell over or was scared of something e.g spiders he would go hysterical as if someone was about to murder him! I thought he would grow out of these out bursts but hasn't and I'm getting concerned as I don't want school friends teasing or picking on him because he seems to cry a lot when he's hurt himself. He plays football and is very good but when he's injured I think oh no not again because he makes such a big deal of it. May be his pain threshold is very low? I've tried talking to him about it and said to count until the pain goes and fight the tears away. I'm not bothered if he cries but he goes on for ages about it. Sometimes I think he cries when he looses a game of footie too. Need some advise on how to deal with this and whether I need professional help?