dd cutting herself to say ouch | Autism PDD

My son has done this too...one of our instances included snowglobes also...he snuck them and broke the glass and when I found him he was squishing it in his hands and got tons of little cuts all over...I have had to remove all the glasses and knickknacks in my house! Luckily he has never gone after windows or mirrors. But he does this too with hot things...he just gets this urge to touch it...he always says before he grabs at something "that hot??" But then still reaches for it...and really has no reaction to the pain it should be causing him.

Mason started some mood meds a few months ago and this behavior has seemed to slow down some.

i used to selh harm a lot when was little i have scares all over my body

i tried suicide only one time

does she sniff the blood

Head-banging or ear hitting may be caused by a middle ear infection. (Treatment: The person should be given an extensive ear examination.)

Some forms of self-injury may be a result of overarousal (such as frustration). Self-injury acts as a release, and thus, lowers arousal. (Treatment: One should try to reduce the person's general arousal level, such as through relaxation/visual imagery therapy, deep pressure, and exercise.)

In some cases, self-injury may be a form of self-stimulatory, stereotypic behaviors That is, they are repetitive, ritualistic behaviors which provide the individual with some form of sensory stimulation or arousal. (Treatment: Person could be given sensory integration therapy to normalize the senses.)

Some of the social theories explaining these behaviors are:

Some children engage in self-injurious behaviors to obtain attention from other people. (Treatment: People in the environment should ignore the person when he/she engages in self-injury; thus, the person will learn that the behavior will not lead to attention.)

Some children exhibit self-injury to escape or avoid a task. (Treatment: The person should be asked to complete the task rather than escape the task.)

Although it has not been discussed in the research literature, there is also the possibility that these behaviors could be related to hypersensitivity to certain sounds in the environment. For example, if a sound bothers an individual, he/she may react by hitting one's head or ears. (Treatment: One may consider trying auditory integration training.)

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Hi! I am a single mom of a 14 year old boy who will dig at all his body and then eat the flesh. He states that it doesn't hurt him at all and that he LOVES the taste of it. He walks around looking like he has a severe disorder. But no Dr. has done a single thing for this. They state that there is nothing that can be done. HE digs more deeper when his anger is up and is frustrated with the world and others. But he can be watching tv and just dig or bite himself to leave a hole.

Has anyone found anything to help with this? MyGrace your not in this boat alone. Please hang in there and do talk to others . I do know what your going through.

Deffinetly agree with everything that was said above. Your daughter deffinetly seems to be hyposensitive. You could try to start using skin brushing to work on sensitizing her. (If you'd like an explaination feel free to e-mail me obrijm09@gmail.com)

I hope you can find a way to put a stop to this.
Daniel has done self harming stuff only when angry. Most of it's gone now. He has bit/hit me also on the arm. Mood med. can help with this also. My daughter has an extreme tolerance to pain and has her entire life. The other night she broke her snow globe. Instead of coming to me, she took a shard of glass and cut herself several times on her stomach. They weren't deep cuts, just several scratches around her belly button. She came in the living room saying "momma the glass cut me". She was calm and wiping the blood away. The blood bothered her alot more than the cuts did. I could see that she had done it on purpose and asked her "why did you do that?". She replied that she wanted to "see ouch". She has very delayed speech so all I could think was that she was doing it to feel pain. I stayed calm on the outside but was losing it on the inside. Why? Why would she do that! Am I crazy to be paranoid about this becoming a problem? No, you are not paranoid. You are going to have to keep a watchful eye on her. Our son too has a high pain tolerance, and began to hit himself and throw himself to the floor and walls. We were scared that he would cause great harm to himself if it kept happening, so now we have to react quickly when we see that he is having a tantrum, or is cranky. We did associate his increasing violence to the gluten/casien free diet. His naturopathic DR. had us stop the diet once we reported this violence to him, and then it all stopped. Apparently our son is in the small percentile that the diet is not beneficial to. Hope this helps.I would discuss this situation with a Behaviourist BCBA or child psych. to develop an intervention plan. I second what Alice suggested--defenitely contact your psych/bt ASAP--if
you don't have one, call your neuro for a referral. In the meantime (& I'm
sure you've already done this), as best you can, keep any sharp or breakable
objects out of her reach (like glass, knives, etc.). Let us know how things
go. Take care.
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