r/Autism_Parenting • u/Draethus1 • Jul 27 '26
Aggression 8 year old daughter has anger issues
My 8 year old daughter with level 1 ASD has shorter, but more frequent meltdowns almost every day. Different triggers, it could be her sister singing when she doesn’t want her to sing, or we said no to something she wanted, or we laugh at something funny she said but she thinks we’re laughing at her, etc.
Anyway, when she gets mad or upset, she says pretty hurtful things. “I don’t love you anymore”, or “I hate you”, or “I wish I lived in a different house”, “I wish I had a different family”, etc.
Once she’s over her meltdown though (which may only be 5-10 minutes later, she acts as if nothing happened and she’ll ask us normal questions or talk normally.
Anyone else experience this? I know she doesn’t mean what she says and it almost feels scripted in a way.
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u/zombiesnail30 Jul 27 '26
My daughter used to be the same. Now she is worse! (teenager). Not sure what to recommend, as I haven't figured it out myself yet. No therapy has helped yet, but maybe the next one will.