DS hates questions & Fear of the desert.. This is me formerly known as 143hayden! Im locked outa my account so i had to make a new one! So this is my new one just FYI! I have 2 issues going on right now... 1) My son has never really liked answering questions and before he actually couldnt/didnt know how to but he had learned and became actually pretty good at it! Hes almost 6 1/2 yrs now. Lately he has been getting very upset even aggressive if i ask him any questions! Like how was his day, what did he do etc. Those are NOT easy questions period but at least i could get something little outa him! He just shuts down now and goes straight to his sensory swing (which he usually does after school) but now he shuts me outcompletely but even little questions thruout the day he doesnt want to answer! He has also been kinda extra irritable lately too and also his anxiety is up. I begged him to talk to his gma on the phone but the condition was that gma couldnt ask him any questions which he repeated immediately to her "No questions". If hes playing with his toys and i ask him something hel get upset and say "Im plaaaaying, no questions i said!!"  I dont understand it fully and i wish i knew why hes too overwhelmed to answer any questions! Something else that worriedme but is not about the 'questions' issue is that we wereall watching the movie UP tonight and my  husband who is severe adhd was phasing out and i had to remind the beginning of the movie 2x (grrr!) i was getting annoyed with hubby and i told DS tell daddy what happened in the movie and DS looked at DH and said "What happened in the movie?" I said "no telldaddy wat happened in the movie" DS said "What happened in the movie" looking at DH. So DH said "Tell daddy what happened in the movie, i was paying attention" and DS said "Dad what happened in the movie" soooo (i know im dragging this out!) "Nooo tell daddy what happened in the movie cuz he missed it" so DS said (last time i promise!) "Dad what happened in the move? what happened inthe movie?" Like he wasnt catching oooon! It was freaky he would NOT comprehend what we were askinghim to do! It worries me cuz his teacher told me he has not been catching directiosn when she addresses the class hel just sit in his chair not doing anything shel have to goto  himand explain things over again till he gets it. Could the questions issue and comprehension issues be auditory processing worsening or what? 2) He has a fear of the desert (well we LIVE in the desert so its hard to escape!). When we drive out of town usually 2 or so hour trips theres long stretches of desert and he gets nervous and hyperventilates that he misses our town and wants togohome cuz he hates the desert. Hubbys family lives in the boonies where theres a stretch of desolation between us and them of 20 minutes and he doesnt want to go t thier house at all lately! His school is up against a mountain and hes been complaining he doesnt like school cuz its in he desert and hes mentioned the mountain scares him. A few montes ago he was looking at a picture of a green place like oregan or somewhere like that and he said "Pretty!" I said "U like that huh?" and he said "Yes its not the desert" lol Anyone? Thanks i know its long and lots of wondering squished into one post! Aaaargh!!!!! I lost my edit button with my old account Correction* So DH said "Tell daddy what happened in the movie, i was NOT* paying attention" We basically asked him to tell what happened in teh movie (which his wife had just died in the movie) for awhile amazed that he wasnt catching on what we were asking him to do and he honestly didnt either he was clueless. For the desert, can you do a "first, then?"  First we'll go through the desert, THEN we'll go to ____.  Maybe to show him that you'll get out of the desert soon?  That would help me.
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