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June 21, 2006, 7:45 pm PDT
Your 11 year old sounds like my 12 year old
Quote From: jeanlbDr. Phil, my daughter is 11 years old and has trouble throwing things out. She likes to collect everything she can get her hands on, even stuff we throw out in the waste basket. She says she is really sad when she has to get rid of something. Sometimes she even mourns over it. She will recall specifically when we get rid of some of the things three or more years ago. When she is reminded of it she starts crying. Could she be like Misty? Should we be concerned about this?
Jean Jean, My son has the same problems. Pulling stuff out of the trash, like dried up markers, etc...Holding on to candy wrappers. It's to the point that we covertly get rid of stuff. If he sees a cardboard box in the trash at the curb he will scream and run and pull it out and be very upset with us. I tried to get rid of patio furniture and that made him cry. He is obsessed with pollution and recycling. We recently had a couple of trees chopped down in the backyard and it was very traumatic for him as he associated these trees with his "childhood". This event was very stressful for him. I think life for him is chaotic and he tries to control his surroundings by going overboard. Change and transitions have always been a problem for him. He has at times obsessive thought patterns too. He has told us that sometimes at night he can't shut off some of the more darker thoughts at night, that's why he likes to sleep with some light on, I think it's a brain chemistry problem and we have tried him on different medications and haven't really found one that fits him. Come to think of it , he doesn't flush the toilet unless I remind him, I wonder if this is part of the inability to let go , I know that seems silly but he is 12 and should be thinking of doing this himself or maybe that's just a boy thing. : ) My son has a lot of other issues mentally going on. Does your daughter?
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