You mentioned that your son is introverted. He is stubborn even if you hit him. Both these make it quite clear that he is not very communicative with you, your family members and teachers. This lack of communication may be preventing you, your family members and also those in his school, from understanding his current state of mind except that he is "scared" of school and exams. The need is to know from him and through mental health assessment what is driving him to the current pattern of behavior. Under the current situation, it is very unlikely that you will be able to generate meaningful communication with him. Hitting him will just dry up most of the possible communication channels from opening up. Under these circumstances, and since I feel that he needs to engage in free and genuine communication, I would suggest you to consult a psychologist with whom he is most likely to have more free communication. You will be able to understand your son's state of mind through the psychologist and seek advice on reliable measures that you need to take while dealing with him. These may even include consulting a psychiatrist, probably for anxiety, and medications, sometimes. It could also be that he will start behaving normally just with some therapeutic counselling sessions by the psychologist. But, overall, there seems to be a need to seek professional help.
Answered2024-01-31 08:31:07
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