My 9 year old gifted son came to us crying tonight...really upset.

Once he calmed down he said that the problem was that when he was trying to going to sleep every time he breathed in and out through his nose he counted: 1 (in), 2 (out), 3 (in), 4 (out), 5 (in), 6 (out), etc and couldn't stop.

He says he counts to 10 and then starts back over at 1.

We finally got him calmed down, walked him back to bed, and then about 3 minutes later he came out, again upset, saying this happens during the day as well.

He has never mentioned this before.

Can anyone please offer an explanation and advice?

Thank you for any help you can provide!!!

TripleB

Last edited by TripleB; 08/22/16 07:06 PM.