RE: You Are Responsible For Your Own Anxiety // PTSD // Journal
A support system can be helpful - I've had issues in the past because a lot of people misunderstand or don't understand its severity, so I have isolated myself for the most part. However if I had to choose I would choose a loving and understanding family over an ignorant one. I may not have even had these problems in the first place if I wasn't punished so severely for them.
Your son sounds a lot like me - there are 5 major personality traits that scientists have found are mainly set at birth and don't change much over the course of a person's lifetime. These 5 personality traits have even been seen in animals like jellyfish and dogs, one being introversion<-->extraversion. Shyness can be overcome, and you can modify yourself somewhat, but for most people if they are born introverted they remain that way for most of their lives. Definitely not a bad thing though - introverts can get a lot of poetry written. ;)
He is super smart, which unfortunately further alienates him from his classmates. He has had a few panic attacks at school, and the school staff is unfortunately untrained or unwilling to recognize them and defuse them. I hope that he always knows that I am forever on his team.
Having a supporting mother makes a lot of difference. I'm sorry that your school is so ill-equipped to handle it - a lot of places just don't know how to adequately handle children that are different.