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<blockquote data-quote="Crayola13" data-source="post: 703904" data-attributes="member: 21066"><p>It sounds like the fear of failure is a major issue. If he's failed at jobs in the past, it may be traumatic to be in that situation again and might be more than his ego can take. You mentioned the dance team--would he consider teaching dancing if there was an opening? If being an actor is a realistic, attainable goal and he enjoys it, maybe that is the direction in which he should go. Do you think he would consider enrolling in a performing arts school?</p><p></p><p>He's trapped in his head which is making him miserable. Our 12-year old adopted son who was born addicted to crack cocaine, doesn't handle boredom very well. He has to constantly be involved in activities or we have major behavioral and emotional problems with him. He gets trapped in his head when he has too much time to think, and it leads to so much frustration that he gets nervous, depressed, and behaves horribly--almost to the point where he's out of control. We have him involved in swimming, hockey, volunteering at the animal shelter. We're always trying to make things interesting for him. Otherwise, he gets bored and melts down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crayola13, post: 703904, member: 21066"] It sounds like the fear of failure is a major issue. If he's failed at jobs in the past, it may be traumatic to be in that situation again and might be more than his ego can take. You mentioned the dance team--would he consider teaching dancing if there was an opening? If being an actor is a realistic, attainable goal and he enjoys it, maybe that is the direction in which he should go. Do you think he would consider enrolling in a performing arts school? He's trapped in his head which is making him miserable. Our 12-year old adopted son who was born addicted to crack cocaine, doesn't handle boredom very well. He has to constantly be involved in activities or we have major behavioral and emotional problems with him. He gets trapped in his head when he has too much time to think, and it leads to so much frustration that he gets nervous, depressed, and behaves horribly--almost to the point where he's out of control. We have him involved in swimming, hockey, volunteering at the animal shelter. We're always trying to make things interesting for him. Otherwise, he gets bored and melts down. [/QUOTE]
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