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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's clearly an introvert. That's fine. We're often misunderstood by the adults growing up. I remember my mother harping on me about not going to this school dance or that all through school. I would get asked to go, but I just didn't want to go. I couldn't wait to get home. I wanted to stay at home and do my art, relax, dream. It wasn't that I didn't like my classmates, it was that I didn't mind being on my own. To this day, I always have a million things to be doing and I get them done. I'm still comfortable riding solo at almost 60 than being a part of your social swirl. I don't need the group to build me up or sustain me. Solitude sustains me. I don't feel any FOMO. I can be alone, but I'm never, ever lonely. Maybe this is your son, too. If your son isn't worried about it, then you don't worry about it, either. Leave him be. Don't make him feel like a weirdo by acting all verklempt about it. A calm, quiet exterior often hides a very active internal life. And yes, I'm a creative.[/quote]

OP here. I wish this was the case. He never wants to be by himself, is always 'bored'. Often will play with his younger brothers [b]but it ends poorly because he gets amped up. [/b]Also enjoys playing with his younger brothers friends but always sports. [b]If they do something chiller like a board game, he will get upset and rarely joins[/b].[/quote]

Ok, so the above tells me that his ADHD may be impacting his emotional regulation (maybe highly impulsive, gets carried away easily/ goes from ok to upset really quickly).  He maybe would benefit from a group therapy (run by speech path or psychologist) where kids need to work together on something during the session. This is where you sometimes see breakdowns with having to work with others and BIG emotional reaction. It’s basically  social skills but more collaborative and works on perspective taking [/quote]

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