Worrying new obsession

[Skylar123]

My Ds's seems to have got obsessed with strangling - pls tell me this is associated with the autism and not anything more sinister.

I'm really glad you posted this, I was going to ask a similar question about my DS's recent obsession with 'exploding babies heads'.

Sorry, not very helpful, but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along soon.

Oh this made me chuckle...sorry not in a mean way...just in a relief kind of way...exploding babies heads and strangulation.

That's ok, glad it made you laugh
I don't know where he's got the idea from, it's so bizarre.

Bizarrely DS1 (7yo) has also talked about strangling recently. Also executioners not really being murders as they are king's servants. I can't think what he has seen with anything like that in, but he must have seen something on television.

I found it quite upsetting, which he must have sensed as he got stressed (ooops ). So I just explained talking about things like that can make people sad? I just feel like I don't know what I'm doing with him half the time!

It's really upsetting to hear I wonder what may become of Ds when I hear such worrying things. Obviously not alone which is good to know.
Ds has also talked about execution and beheading which I thought had come from school and learning about Henry V111 also he has mentioned horrible histories once or twice as I think they watched it at school. Maybe tahrs what it is.

He says his hands are bad. His hands make him do bad things. We do a worry box and most nights we talk about a worry. Tonight wrote down I try not to strangle and drew a picture of him as a stickman with a sad face and wrote help in a speech bubble. Breaks my heart.

He has also said he strangled a boy in school but teachers haven't said anything to me and he just randomly strangles me and then gets cross with himself and hides his hands.

Is that worrying ? I'm worried.

He has also told me he tries really hard not to swear at school but sometimes he needs too and he can't.

I asked him why he feels like he needs to swear and he said he doesn't know he just does. He then started to pronounce the f word by just saying f f f f f and looked as if he was genuinely trying to not say it then blurted it out over again and said I can't stop, once I start I just can't stop just like my bad hands.

Thanks polter that's interesting and something I hadn't thought of , maybe that's what it is and I'm going to try the stress balls and fidgets idea.
So it's not nothing sinister or for me to worry about, is it associated with HFA/ASD

Thanks polter it will be horrible histories! He has some of those books.

He told me he strangled a boy. I was really confused that school didn't call. I approached the boy's mum and apologised in a general way and asked what had happened. She was really nice and said he stamped on her son's foot. So hopefully they are both just verbalising things they won't do. Fingers tightly crossed x

Yes polter I see what you mean.

We have recently been referred to CAMhS due to his anxiety and school refusal. Should I be bringing these worry notes that he does to that appointment with me as well as my diary , should I also bring all to CDAC. Should I be telling the sch senco about such disturbing thoughts he is having too. He also does worry drawings about social issues he is obvs having...one that made me very sad was a stickman of himself all alone and then underneath he write no one okays with me then under that is big writing why mum

Plays not okays

Wanting to strangle people is probably more out of frustration. I get that feeling too, when dealing with some professionals!

Lol and me at times. So do you think the frustration is down to the difficulties he has. Do NT children do such things, my dd didn't.

I think some NT children do - my DH told me that he & his friends had very violent ideas when they were 7 or 8. But probably more talking about it than actually doing anything.