My son hurts himself when he is angry but he is only 8 years old. His teacher is worried and so am I.?

My cousin has an illness called Aspergers. its is a disorder that affects quite a few people, the symptoms i have noticed can be violence and attention disorders,and they are generally very intelligent people. (which would explain his high grades) my cousin is 12 now he is starting to get different symptoms like hurting himself he hits his head against a wall and cuts his fingers and tries to break them. i know 2 other children with this disorder and they dint have the violence streak they appear to be just like normal kids. my recommendation would be to go see a doctor and ask him/her what their op pinion is. get tests done if you need it. cos once they get the kids on the right medication they settle down allot. hope he is ok and remember there is other parents going through this too so you should find some if it is this and talk to them about it. its pretty tough on the parents too. good luck i hope he is ok

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You should talk to your son's peds doctor and take what they say in to serious consideration. They may even suggest another doctor for him to talk to. I understand the whole meds debate but my girlfriend was the same way and believe me I love her children but her one son was way pass hyper. And she always said she did not want her child on drugs and one day my sister was watching her children and he took a rope and tried to hang himself. He was only 6 years old when that happened and my girlfriend was a hot mess. Which she had every right her child just tried to kill himself. So she took him to the dr and she broke down and had to put him on meds and now it is almost 5 years and he is doing great. Grades went up, his behavior did a 360 and he is not perfect but no kid is but he is the regular get on your nevers pre teen. But every situation is different so I hope the dr can help you out before it gets to the point that he acts out his threats of killing himself. Because I feel if my sister was not keep such a close eye on him he could of gotten really hurt.

Tomorrow morning, you need to contact your child's school and speak to the school psychologist or school nurse. Ask them for a referral to a child therapist, and make an appointment. Let a professional handle this one.

Hurting yourself is not normal, or healthy. He obviously has some real anger problems that he needs help dealing with.

Also, gifted children are often behavioral issues, but nonetheless, let a doctor figure it out.

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He needs to learn anger management and that is it. Being smart is a good thing and has nothing to do with his behavior aberrations. See a psychiatrist who can help your son and give him behavior therapy and teach him anger management and perhaps counsel him too.

I think you need to take him to a child pschylogist, he/she will analyze your son's personality and will show you the way to teach your son how to deal with his anger. I don't think what he does to himself is normal.

Take him to a psychiatrist. It can result in a lot more problems when he gets older. Like cutting himself.

is he getting more attention this way?

is he getting a way out of the situation he is?

most kids do it either they get more attention or their parents just forget about what ever has gone wrong.

you have to ask some professional help, he will be fine.

good luck

could be a couple things. One, he doesn't feel pain. or 2, he could have a chemical imbalance in his brain and needs some meds