My daughter (18) has ASD and severe anxiety, she has a history of SH when she gets really overwhelmed/anxious/stressed. She seemed to be doing really well recently but last week she has rubbed at her hand so hard whilst she was anxious that she’s made a friction burn type welt in her hand/lower arm by continuously rubbing at it, it looks incredibly sore and painful (taking her to an out of hours doctors tomorrow to get it checked)
I’m just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this and if anything can help, she is currently doing CBT but struggles to apply this sometimes as she doesn’t catch her anxiety at the right time….ive tried to encourage her to use fidget toys/stress balls but she doesn’t always do that either
She’s on sertraline but wondering if her medication needs changing as doesn’t seem to help much