My brother has autism with developmental issues and watching that first part of that roleplay was like watching all sorts of interactions with him as of late.
It's made me realise that my theory was right. My brother has a lot of emotional dysregulation issues and very few coping skills. Last night he flipped out because Youtube had changed on him and he started yelling and throwing things, scaring my mom. She says that it's probably because he ate something that affects his mood, but all this time I've spent reading up on trauma, emotional dysregulation and validating people made me discount that thought because I don't see him experiencing severe mood changes, just dysregulation.
And so, I've been trying to use similar listening skills lately to get him to talk, and I talked him down last night to my mom's amazement. I'm no magician, but this video just explained to me why it worked and why it will probably work in the future.
I think maybe some DBT-like methods might actually be really effective for getting him to handle his emotions.
Welp. We've been going about it the wrong way for years, apparently.
Thank you for the share
