sounds firmiliar

I have got a 6 year old that fits with this I have just finished posting on a different thread about my younger son and how both my children come fro an abusive background .

can ICD be cuased by anxiety or exposure to abuse at a young age specialists are having a hard time trying to figure out what is going on with my son first they said it was Adjustment disorder now they are saying it might be post traumatic stress disorder but what I read sounds like my son. He just does things out of the blue more so when there is to many changes around him but you ask him why he did what it was he did his reply is he just wanted to. He is such a well behaved little boy but sometimes he just changes and he does the strangest things for no reason the other day he went up the back of the class room to wash his hands and the next thing he just filled up a small bucket of water and started throwing it over his class mates out of nowwhere when asked why he said he just wanted to then you ask him if that was a very good thing to do he said it wasnt then you ask him if he is going to do something like that again and he gets very defensive and says that he is not becuase its not a nice thing to do his behaviour has got alot of people scatching their heads

Heya,

Yeh, I think it can be born from anxiety or stress; or be as the result of PTSD. People respond to stress and anxiety either constructively or destructively: Constructive responses could include taking a walk, talking to someone, or putting on some 'happy' music; Destructive responsese include OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), binge-eating, or various other impulsions. Currently, your 6 year old seems to be taking the destructive way of handling these things.

So, it may be good to train him to develop some comstructive ways of handling the anxiety inside him. I think getting him to talk to you would be the best way. Above all else, the one person that a kid trusts is their parent. You are the source of advice and everything you say he/she will believe (well...most things!)

Take care,
Kevin.