I haven’t seen the latest eps as I’m in Aus so not sure I can watch it without pay TV, but I wonder whether Brooklyn’s challenges actually stem from trauma. Symptoms of trauma can be very similar to ADHD, and the level of arguments they would have at such a young age so frequently in front of him would be absolutely terrifying for a young child. This also would’ve been very stressful and upsetting for both parents, and impact their ability to respond to his needs consistently and appropriately. But at other times, because they are good people who want the best for him and love him very much (albeit unable to control their own emotions in front of him), he would’ve gotten an appropriate caregiver response from them. I’d be curious as to how that impacted his attachment, and coupled with the trauma, has impacted his behaviour and emotional regulation. Additionally, I don’t know that either parent had the capacity to have firm loving boundaries, so this could have impacted even further.
This is all just speculation from my observations of course and some background knowledge in this field, but I just find ADHD is often suspected, when in fact if there wasn’t trauma and they had a warm loving stable caregiver responding to their needs, the difficulties might not be there. I am not denying that in some cases ADHD is present and impacting significantly of course, but I just hope this is being looked at, and that both parents can get the support they need to support Brooklyn.
but definitely Camhs is more for specific mental health issues.
