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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How frequently does he have theses pouting episodes? And, what kinds of things set him off?[/quote]

I’d say they’re probably twice a month. Most recently, he got upset when I told him I wasn’t feeling well and may have picked up the cold he just recovered from. He told me I needed to start taking emergen-C right away, to which I replied I don’t think that’s going to cure it, you have to be taking it as prevention to boost your immune system. His face immediately dropped and I asked him what was wrong. [b]He told me that I was making him feel like it’s all his fault, that he doesn’t know how to be around me, [/b]and that he needs time to decompress. I checked in with him later that night and he said he was still upset. So now we’re not speaking. [/quote]

This is the key here. He feels responsible for everything and the prospect of getting blamed for the bad stuff is overwhelming, so he just needs to shut down. It might be something in your relationship or maybe the way he was raised that makes him feel like this. The stress of a SN child is likely a factor.

There is just a lot of resentment built up and he doesn’t necessarily want a full-blown confrontation because he’s afraid of what’ll come out, but he can’t just go right back to feeling like everything is normal and ok.[/quote]

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