7 |YO Hitting Self when angry or makes mistakes

[audeesmom]

I need some help with DD who has taken to hitting herself when she makes a mistake such as falling off her bike. There is a lot more to her story such as previous OCD, severe separation anxiety when younger and more recently very aggressive/abusive behavior such as name calling, hitting, screaming and breaking things to me and her dad.

We are seeing an ND and have found a plethora of allergies and suspect leaky gut but more tests are still under way. We are also recently seeing a behavioral therapist.

I will ask therapist of course but I would like to get some different takes on what to do when she hits herself enough to give a big bruise. I gave her the speech on her body, being kind to herself, asked her if what she really wants is a hug from me,Should I ignore it and

behavior might go away or would it manifest itself in some other way or should I get more involved with her at that moment? It is so painful to watch and I have 2 younger ones who don;t need this going on.

DD is sweet, creative, caring when things in her world are right, ie/ fed. good sleep, not making mistakes.

Also, we have recently begun to implement the GAPS diet which will be to illiminate allergens and hopefully heal her gut.

Thank you

[AllisonR]

I can't really offer you any advise, but I saw all the reads and no replies and wanted to send you a hug. This sounds painful for you to have to watch. And stressful - what to do, how to keep it from the siblings....  I hope you get to the bottom of it. Hugs.

[34me]

I thinl you are on the right path.  My ds has some food intollerances that we were still working on at that age and did many of the same things including banging his head while frustrated at school.  With him we needed to acknowledge the frustration right away to break the self injury immediately, then we could talk about what he was frustrated about.  The more his gut has been healed and with age/maturity it has gotten better.