Thank you for this piece. My son sounds very similar to yours but is now 24. He ended up very anxious and depressed and was put on medication. One of the toughest times I’ve had is seeing him in tears at 19 years old about the treatment he had from a teacher when he was 9. Set him up for a lifetime of feeling like he wasn’t good enough, was a bad person and was a worthless human being. After years of counselling and treatment he is now happy and studying at university.