PTSD

This is such a great post Faith. Being adopted with four sons from foster care, I have dealt with a number of disorders, ODD, OCD, BiPolar, FAS, and RAD. Each of the boys also has PTSD. It seems a small player compared to the biggies. I used to try to figure out what caused what behaviour from the perpsective of the biggies. Wrong, I finally got smart and assumed it was usually based on PTSD and triggers. Works most of the time. The trigger may not be something your child can put into words, but it is powerful. He can't make progress until the trigger is discovered and either defanged or avoided. I wish agencies could spend a bit more time explaining how much PTSD drives behaviour. John

PS I do understand you fear of your son being on the roof. I have always had a fear of heights (no, not in an airplane). Being on the roof is not comfortable, having one of the boys up there is absolutley no-go.

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PTSD