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[quote=Anonymous]17:17, what is a CBT therapist?

21:50, thank you for taking the time to write about your life a bit. It truly does help me at least...to see things from your eye's, how you felt, what you thought at different times of your life. It sounds like you had a classic case of ADHD. It causes low self esteem with some children. It sounds like the stealing might have been due to low self esteem and some impulse control problems. I'm no psychiatrist but thats what it probably was. BUT - I'm glad you turned your life around and that you love your job and have learned to be more empathetic. Your family must be so happy for you now.

But my son may have deeper issues. I truly thinks he has underdeveloped conscience. Combine this with his ADHD and sensory issues and it creates hell. For example, he doesn't show that much caring or love for others around him. He rarely shows it even to us, his parents. I have an infant daughter and he sometimes squeezes her arm too tight on purpose just to see if she's strong enough to resist it. He pulled the neighbor's dog's tail just to see what the dog would do and that dog ended up biting him. When I had my four day old baby in the stroller at the hospital, it was a sunny day and so she shut her eyes to protect herself from the bright sun. My eight year old son tried to pry her eyes open using both his hands. Thank God I happened to see that and was able to stop him.

I asked him why he would do things like that to his baby sister and he said, "Because I know she can tattle on me."

So while this looks like a separate issue from stealing and lying, maybe it really isn't. Maybe his stealing and lying are because he doesn't really care about the people who he steals from. He truly doesn't care how they feel about losing their belongings. Or he cares more about his needs than theirs.

We've seen three psychiatrists and not one has been able to pinpoint what his problem is and what we can do about it.

He's been on ADHD meds for over a month now and we've seen no difference. So we're worried. I wish I could find a psychiatrist who understands his problem.[/quote]

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