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I Have a Question

For example what does it mean if a child believes things that never actually happened like if he believed one time i turned into a wolf or other odd things as he is starting to tell story's like this at school i don't know what to say or do.
susangoga · 41-45, F
See i think they were dreams he had but sometimes dreams can feel real and thats why he thinks it's real .as his story's are i got so mad I turned into a wolf and one time he took his eye out and kept putting it back in and the doctor glued it back in thing's like that i just a bit worried who he tells that to at school you know what some kids are like and he goes to big school in September.
Flenflyys · 31-35, F
There is a reason for his stories. If you can't get him to express, consult an expert. Have you asked him details about the stories, for example when it happened? If he's saying the doctor took his eye out, ask him when this occurred. If his response is aggressive you should definitely seek help from a psychiatrist. It's probably nothing but it could be early sign of mental illness.
This is a tough one. If it were me I'd try to talk about it with a doctor. I've had a little psychology but the age of 11 is a little older than normal. If he's getting angry he definitely is convinced. It may be something as minor as a maladaptive daydream disorder or just very very vivid dreams that are so real he can't differentiate between a dream and reality.
I know what you mean when i was giving birth to my youngest my oldest daughter told the nurse that i ran her over with a car. She said i stood up when she was finished and said mama you can't run me over. The nurse said then what happened. Ariel needed me, so i had to play with her. She was 4 at the time it was hilarious.
Flenflyys · 31-35, F
But hopeless, an eleven year old *should* be capable of differentiating dream from reality. He is entering what Piaget called "The Formal Operational Stage". His capacity for reasoning should be established. I'm a psych RN, and when I read that he became aggressive, it was worrisome. I'd get an assessment.
susangoga · 41-45, F
I have tried talking with him about it i am gonna have word's with teacher about them calling him names as it not right and it does upset him he told me but if I bring subjects up about the story's he gets angry and says he knows it happened and that i was there when it did if you get me
Yes like flenflyys says i would bring it up but talk about the teasing aspect first, i wouldn't put to much emphasis on whether he's right or wrong. But explain if kids are making fun then he shouldn't talk about it around them.
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
I am certainly no expert but I might talk to him and get him to try a different way of expressing it, maybe get him interested in telling stories by writing about it instead of telling stories at school.
I really think it's his him dreaming like you said. You don't want to criticise but at the same time, it's hard to protect him without coming across as being mean when he believes it.
susangoga · 41-45, F
Then again i could be wrong but have tried talking with him about it i will try another approach to talk with him
susangoga · 41-45, F
It's just children are making fun of him as the story's are impossible i am a bit worried about it .
Flenflyys · 31-35, F
Then talk to him about it, find out why he's saying it and how he feels about his peers teasing him.
Flenflyys · 31-35, F
I'd let him tell his stories.
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
I think I agree with Flenflyys
How old is he?
susangoga · 41-45, F

 
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