My son says the exact same thing. He even says he wishes he was dead sometimes. When I first heard it, I was shocked, and obviously concerned. Once the emotional moment passes, my son acts perfectly normal. He'll even say to me sometimes, "you know when I said ____, well I didn't really mean it, but it IS how I felt at the time." I think it just comes from feeling the emotions so intensely when they are in the moment. Sometimes my son will say he wishes I wasn't his mom any more. But, again, he says later he didn't mean it. I tell my son that it's normal to feel that way sometimes and that we all have fleeting moments of feeling that we wish we were never born. I also talk to him about this feelings a lot and we discuss how it makes other people feel. We're working on controlling the words that come out of his mouth. With my ds6, there's a very short circuit between his brain and his mouth. I think every thought he has had in his life has been voiced aloud. I would see your son's statement for what it probably is...he's expressing a single thought that ran through his mind in a moment of stress, frustration, anger. Of course if you were to see signs of depression, etc, you'd want to investigate further, but in the absense of any depression or ongoing sadness, I'd not worry too much. Just support him and let him know it's ok to feel the way he does. My son is a major perfectionist, and he's got a very strong sense of justice. If rules are not being followed, he can't stand it. He feels the need to set things right. I know it's so upsetting to hear your little guy say things like that about himself. It kills me too, but I don't think it's a true reflection about how they feel about themselves in general.
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