As stated in the title, my Mom recently sought my opinion on a younger cousin of mine who is no stranger to acting out. His name will be held confidential but I will reveal his age- 15. This cousin has always gotten into minor trouble and recently has been moved to a school for juvenielle delinquints for bringing a "weapon" to school. ( toy gun )
After this incident, his mom decided to take a look through his room for some piece of mind I guess. When searching his room she discovered empty whiskey and beer bottles along with bottles of urine and women's clothing/lingere. Obviously this caught her off guard and she is unsure how to handle the situation.
When she questioned him as to why he had women's clothing hidden in his room he told her that wearing the clothes made him feel better about himself and happier.
My aunt also asked my other cousin, also a psychology major for his opinion on the incident. He believes that because his parents had recently gone through a bad divorce and his father was never home that my cousin would wear the lingerie to express his feelings and emotions he could not share with the father he needed.
While I respect his analaysis of the behavior, it screams Freudian. In my opinion, there's more to the issue then repressed emotion being expressed through this deviant outlet. I have my own opinions but before I express them I would like to hear some of yours.
So, speak up members, offer your opinions and we can bounce theories off of eachother, also I am unsure how to handle this case because it involves a family member. It will surely require me to hold my tongue at times but I really would like to see him get some help.
So far I told my Mom that I simply don't have enough info on him/his upbringing to make any real analysis of his behavior and that I would get back to her on it. However,I'm not sure how much information I am comfortable revealing to her because she doesn't know much about psychology and loves to gossip. I'm afraid delivering my opinion would see too final to her as she does not realize the difficulty associated with analyzing and making a diagnosis based upon a behavior, in my opinion my diagnosis would be so narrow and people are so complex.
Anyway that's my rant, fire back... let me hear some opinions!
Thank you,
Mike