Child's Negative Behaviour.

[Jenarry]

What do you think these following behaviour problems would indicate?...
As a child hardly speaking til 4-5 years old. Once old enough..prob from about 7 years of age choosing to go off for hours and hoours on end on their own away from home. Not getting on very well at school academically and with others. Continually causing problems at home almost as if on purpose...like wrecking new toys very quickly, shoplifting at a young age(around 8-9 years old), being quite destructive of their own and close ones belongings. Never really working with family but working against them .Not being caring at all to close family.
This is someone who is now an adult. My feelings are if they were a child now they would receive more medical help and possibly diagnosed with something such as adhd or family would receive advice about behaviour but I am just guessing. what do you think?...

[DaisyNonna]

Aspergers is on the autistic spectrum

[DaisyNonna]

Sad to say not much help available in many areas nowadays. You may be given a probable diagnosis but help is not always available.

[pixie373]

It is, daisy, but not all autism is Aspergers.

[Jenarry]

that how he was as a child. as an adult now in mid 40's and almost like not grown up and hasn't ever joined the responsible adult world.
he has made stupid mistakes in the past and kept doing the same really bad mistakes..such as never being legal to drive but every so often risking it and getting caught out by the police so many times .
Getting partners pregnant when he's only just met them. this has just happened for the 3rd time recently and i don't think he even wants to be with the girlfriend now.
he still treats family the same and doesn't ever have the actions of a caring son/brother..doesn't make effort to spend time with family or even to talk and share his life with them.partners can get similar sort of distant behaviour where if he's not happy he disappears off and does his own thing.
friends are luckier and he has a circle of long term friends who he seems happy to do anything for them

[Jenarry]

I suppose that is probably what would happen today . maybe have a name for his behaviour but it wouldn't have changed anything. I do wonder what is behind all of it though. his mother says that even as a v young child he was difficult and it was just how it always was. :(

[ummmm]

Sometimes people are just odd and don't need a label.

[China Doll]

Possibly some sort of personality disorder, I've been reading about these today and turns out there's been a lot of change in mental health labels, e.g. the term psychopath no longer used which I didn't know.

Could just be a bit of a dick though.

[Jeza]

China,
Could just be a bit of a dick though.
You do have a way with words.

[China Doll]

So I'm told.

[Jenarry]

ummm and chinadoll you are probably right. :(
and person is certainly not going to change now . :(