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[quote=Anonymous]My DS is only 5 but in the last few months has become increasingly violent, primarily towards me but also sometimes towards DH and our other DC.

He’s in behavioral therapy, DH and I are taking parenting classes, we are doing ABA. He has a psychiatrist and many other doctors.

I’m just struggling to fully disclose how bad it is to our doctors and care team. Because it makes me feel like I am betraying DS and because I worry they will see him as a bad child.

He truly isn’t. He is incredibly sweet and sensitive and affectionate and kind towards others. But something about being around me just causes these extreme behaviors. We are still working to figure it out and how to handle it (hence the intensive training and therapy, including PCIT).

It’s really hard, he has really hurt me quite badly (which is surprising since he’s so much smaller than I am) quite a few times. I’ve had to go to the ER for it.

I just shared with my own personal therapist about the violence and she seemed really alarmed and now I feel ashamed and regretful.

Has anyone else experienced this? I think I’m scared that I look very incompetent.

Also, PLEASE, I am asking so nicely if we can just talk about what I’m asking to talk about. I will delete the thread if this is not respected. I’m not here to share my child’s diagnosis and every type of doctor and therapy we’ve tried and I’m not looking for suggestions of other doctors to see (I promise you, we have seen them all). Just asking if others have felt this way about disclosing violence. [/quote]

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