No he is Autistic, but he has another issue to

PTSD caused by the loss of a close pet or family member. Total suckage

but the thing that has me pissed is my family won't help calm him down when he does that

Yeah, most people aren't equipped to deal with that

Are you calming him down?

I Fucking tried

they're calming him now

Physical touch sometimes helps, distractions can work. Nothing is guaranteed

but at the beginning they let it happen

I've found with autism it best to let them have there tantrum but this isn't autism is it

Is something causing it?

generally getting them away from what ever is causing it can help

Can't run from trauma

he already established it was autism Hun

Is this trauma based

@Husky - keep up

PTSD wouldn't really cause this

Started after the death of a dog.

This is a new behavior we are being told

Wouldn't necessarily make it PTSD

As someone with high functioning autism and has attended a school for the austistic these are things I'd see been acted out regularly

I'm around those with autism and the such when I'm working

they love to bowl

I never said it definitely was PTSD btw - just that a new symptom of self-harm in an 18 year old that starts after the death of a pet is consistent with PTSD.

Usually it's when he's told something he doesn't like

or something works him up

That's a trait I see in autism quite a lot

Well, I wish him the best

we get people with down syndrome and stuff at our bowling alley

thank you

Yea

We get the ones with Down syndrome, autism and the such

I know a kid who would Inact something similar whenever a tv with a yellow main charter was mentionrd

they're all generally pretty well behaved

Depends

yeah

I am one

I was adding on to my previous statement

the ones I deal with are generally well behaved and very nice. There's one that comes regularly that will lash out sometimes

Starts kicking equipment, yelling, hitting his care taker

Anyone want a Steam key for Space Run Galaxy? I'm not interested.