My son is the same. Most of the time, he seems pretty happy and interested in his topics. But he is a sensitive soul and when he starts encountering things that are challenging for him (like vision therapy) he goes down the rabbit hole. He starts digging in his heels, getting defiant and tells me things like - I can't do it, I don't care about this, what is the point of this? what is the point of life? why are we here? And even as a 6/7 year old has told me he wanted to die. This startled and scared me of course but I have been able to talk to him and bring him around after he has some quiet time. I try to figure out what is really going on in his head. I don't think he really understands what he is saying. This has only happened a couple of times so I am just watching right now to see how things progress as he gets a little more mature.
