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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]possibly anxiety. The constant worries about being liked, worries about how peers are perceiving him, combined with him feeling like you don't understand his inner turmoil, this goes beyond something as simple as not having a backbone (BTW, that's incredibly dismissive and no wonder you son feels like you don't get it). If it really is anxiety, the more you insist he grow a backbone and harp on what you see as his failings, the more crushing it is for him and reinforces feelings of inferiority and being a failure in your eyes.[/quote] This sounds very much like my DS who has severe anxiety (but was not diagnosed until his later teens). He was extremely self-conscious and was constantly worried about what other people would think about every aspect of what he wore, said, did, etc. [/quote]
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