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Hi there,
I really don't want to capitalise or your poor son's misery but I've read your message and it kills me to think that this one thing can stop him for getting what he wants out of life. I have a four year old and I know what it's like to see their dreams and aspirations form.
I run a site called studentunique.com and feature an artist in the illustration department called debbie hill who has created two handmade, illustrative books on how to overcome the fear.
I know of one person she has had feedback from regarding her books and I've attached the comments for you read:
"Thanks for the amazing button phobia guide.
I think it's been a partial sucess already as [my son] immediately
picked up on the 3 different sized buttons on the cover and touched and
pointed to them straight away whilst observing that one was small, one
middle sized and one big.
I'm not sure what i was expecting but the books meets and far surpasses
my expectations so thanks again."
I think it's been a partial sucess already as [my son] immediately
picked up on the 3 different sized buttons on the cover and touched and
pointed to them straight away whilst observing that one was small, one
middle sized and one big.
I'm not sure what i was expecting but the books meets and far surpasses
my expectations so thanks again."
debbie hill has a website also www.debbie-hill.co.uk
The books are pricey but maybe if you email debbie she could tell you more about the processes that went into the book. Let me know if you get any success.
Kind regards
Colette.
amyr818 <kajlrath@...> wrote:
amyr818 <kajlrath@...> wrote:
Hi,
My son has had a fear of buttons since he was about 3 yrs old (he's 8
1/2 now). He used to say that they smelled bad, and until recently
couldn't sit close to someone wearing buttons or eat anything if
buttons were in sight. That part about eating around others with
buttons has improved, but he still gets very anxious and feels sick
to his stomach if he is asked to wear a button shirt, even if it is
only for 1/2 hour. He absolutely refused to wear buttons until last
year when we took him to a psychologist, then got better about it,
but has reverted back to getting extremely upset and ill when we try
to get him to wear one.
The problem now is that he's been chosen for a baseball team, but
when he saw the uniform had 2 buttons on it he said 'well then i just
can't be on the team' even though he'd been so eager to make it
before he found out about the buttons on the shirt. I feel awful for
him because I know he was so excited to get selected and now the
buttons upset him so much he won't join.
Any advice on this? I'm wondering if short spurts of wearing the
shirt to get used to it might work, or if I should try to switch the
buttons to snaps, or just sew the button holes closed and sew up that
part. It's so hard, and I hate to see him drop out of something he's
good at. Plus, part of me was hoping if he wore buttons during
something he really enjoyed, then maybe he'd start to not mind them.
thanks for any help you can suggest!
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