The main manifestations of Asperger's syndrome are social difficulties, repetitive and stereotyped behaviors, and narrow interests. These unique characteristics may only give people the impression of being introverted, timid, unsociable, and unfriendly in their primary school years. Rarely, parents often think that this is just a personality problem of their children. They just do well in studies and go to school every day, so they feel everything is fine.
However, in adolescence , parents will find that their children have more and more emotional and behavioral problems. Parents are becoming more and more powerless, and it is becoming more and more difficult to communicate with their children. Some children even refuse school situation. Some behave very irritably, and some become very silent.
Faced with "irritable" and "silent" teenagers, many parents are not aware of the various troubles and confusions encountered by their children. If they adopt simple and crude methods, they force their children to go to school, or If you scold loudly or even use corporal punishment, it is easy for children to take some extreme measures and even cause tragedy.
After understanding the psychological characteristics of Asperger's syndrome, some parents will actively cooperate with my suggestions and intervention plans, and their children's emotions and behaviors will gradually become normal. Today we will share knowledge about the mental health of teenagers with Asperger syndrome.
Asperger Teen Series
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What psychological distress will Asperger syndrome encounter?
After adolescence, the psychological confusion of adolescents with Asperger syndrome is more serious and complex than in elementary school. They will have the following psychological distress.
The first aspect is more serious peer interaction disorder.
By adolescence, the peer interaction patterns of adolescents with Asperger's seem to lag far behind those of their peers. They are relatively naive and have not been developed accordingly. They lag behind their peers in peer interaction abilities. Therefore, after entering middle school, it is easy for them to feel out of tune with their classmates. The topics their classmates talk about are not interesting to them or are difficult to understand. It is also very easy for them to have conflicts with or have no good friends, and they feel isolated.
The second aspect: Strong rebellious psychology
In adolescence, Asperger teenagers also have a very strong self-awareness. They really want to make their own decisions and get rid of their parents’ control, but they dare not show rebellion, so they turn a deaf ear. The phenomenon will become more obvious, or they may lock themselves in the house and not speak at home.
The third aspect: difficult to handle emotional distress
Individuals with Asperger syndrome are born with negative and pessimistic personality traits. They will show excessive sensitivity from childhood. See The problem is relatively negative, and in adolescence, this negative emotion will be more obvious under various pressures.
On the basis of abnormalities in emotional regulation, they are easily anxious and nervous. This uneasy emotion is an indescribable and inexplicable feeling for Asperger teenagers. Some Asperger teenagers often suppress their emotions and give others the impression that they are calm. However, when their negative emotions accumulate to the point that they cannot control them, they will suddenly explode and lose their temper with their parents, classmates, and teachers. ,hard to control.
This kind of emotional outburst is often characterized by a sudden onset, with great intensity, but the emotion comes back quickly. After the emotional outburst, one feels very regretful. The development of each person's emotional regulation ability is related to the executive function of the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Closely, the development of the prefrontal cortex of Asperger's adolescents is lagging behind that of normal peers. Therefore, the development and development of Asperger's adolescents' emotional regulation ability is also relatively lagging behind that of their peers.
The fourth aspect: Learning disabilities brings greater learning pressure
Due to the lack of hand coordination, difficulty in writing. This kind of difficulty in primary school, because the workload is still small, Asperger children can still However, in middle school, due to excessive learning pressure and increased workload, this difficulty will cause them even greater stress.
Due to the influence of stereotypes, some teenagers display stereotyped thinking, which can easily make them unable to get out of the corner, making it difficult to fully understand many knowledge points and falling behind in academic performance. Some will suffer from attention problems. Makes learning more difficult.
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Wrong coping methods of Asperger teenagers
Faced with the difficulties encountered by teenagers, Asperger teenagers usually adopt wrong coping methods under the influence of special "Asperger" psychological characteristics.
High mood swings
Teenagers with Asperger's will have great mood swings. They cannot make appropriate emotional understanding and behavioral responses to other people's language, body movements, subtle expressions, etc. They often use methods that others cannot understand or respond to. is an unacceptable approach.
Escape from problems
Some adopt the method of evasion, do not interact with classmates, do not communicate, and stay alone. Others may engage in seemingly unreasonable aggressive behavior, including verbal attacks, physical attacks, or through particularly weird and funny things. , he thinks it is a very funny way to attract the attention of others, or to provoke others to make his classmates pay attention to him. Often, this method will bring them more trouble.
Self-injury and self-injury
Due to strong emotional distress, which is difficult to express and painful, it is difficult to channel negative emotions. Some teenagers will resort to self-injury and self-injury to cope with it, such as biting their nails, cutting themselves, and picking themselves. face or hands, and some will indulge in tattoos, plastic surgery or excessive weight loss.
Faced with academic difficulties, teenagers with Asperger's will also resort to escape methods and refuse to enter the classroom or campus. As a result, many teenagers with Asperger's have to suspend school or even drop out of school.
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How can parents help their children get out of trouble?
Faced with the various difficulties presented by Asperger's teenagers, parents' power is obviously unable to really help their children, but in some aspects, parents can still make some efforts.
The correct way for parents to respond
1. Give your children a relatively free space. Don't interfere too much like in the past, or control every detail like you did when you were a child.
2. When a child makes some appropriate requests, for example, if he wants to choose what he wants to eat instead of the so-called healthy food requested by his parents, try to meet the child's relatively simple request as much as possible and encourage the child, and in this way This is done to encourage children to express their wishes smoothly.
Third, in terms of academic performance, parents should not set too high expectations for their children. For example, if a child has writing difficulties, they should no longer ask the child to write beautiful handwriting, and give the child some positive recognition in terms of academic performance. For example, although This time the child's performance is not ideal, but we parents should encourage and recognize some of the child's achievements. For example, in this exam, he answered questions that he felt were difficult, or did not appear in the past. Errors, etc., similar more detailed, specific, recognized points.
Fourth, parents should try to maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, and do not say too many negative words about the future to their children, otherwise it will aggravate their children's anxiety and anger.
