DS is 6yrs. We have just started the process of assessment for ADHD, and although we don’t yet have a diagnosis he ticks so many boxes.
One problem he has us around his explosive anger. If things don’t go his way he quickly spirals into angry distress, crying, lashing out, defiant behaviour etc.
After a meltdown today we were talking things through. He said that he has a cross monster inside of him who tells him to be angry and to do bad things such as hit us. He said that he feels like the monster is untameable and that he has tried to tame it but the monster wins. When I tried to suggest to him that it might be difficult but he could tame the monster he became quite tearful and angry and protested that he had tried “a million times” but it was untameable.
Does anyone have any suggestions of how I help him to change this thinking? I’d like him to acknowledge that it might seem hard but it is within his ability to do so.