Understanding Reactive Attachment Disorder part I
The symptoms that Reactive Attachment Disorder [RAD] parents generally witness are far more specific and obvious. Some of the commons Attachment Disorder Symptoms include:
- A child who is superficially engaging and charming with strangers and visitors.
- A child who is Indiscriminately affectionate with strangers, including hugging and talking about intimate family details.
- A Child who fails to make or maintain eye contact on his or her parent’s terms.
- A child who is not affectionate on his or her parent’s terms, but may be over huggy and clingy on their own terms.
- A Self-destructive and/or accident prone child.
- Hurtful or unsafe with others and material property.
- A child who is cruel to animals.
- Lying about the obvious, nonsense lying. Even when no real motivation for a lie exists.
- Stealing, including items of no use to the child.
- A child with no impulse controls. Often labeled as hyperactive.
- Lack of normal developmental and behavior milestones.
- Learning Lags.
- Unable to understand cause and effect.
- Appears to lack a conscience.
- Eating disorders.
- Poor social and peer relationships.
- Some children are preoccupied with fire .
- Some children are preoccupation with blood and gore.
- Persistent nonsense questions and chatter
- Abnormal speech patterns, baby talk or nonsense talking, gibberish.
- Triangulation of adults. Manipulation of situations between adults.
- False allegations of abuse.
- Presumptive entitlement issues.
- Parents appear hostile and angry and over controlling.