Dear Pradeep:

You are welcome and I hope that you continue to recover from your aggressive skin allergy!  You received two replies on Nov 7: the first from me (anita)- in regard to an online support group for gamers and their parents, OLG-Anon, and the second, an excellent reply, from Tee- where she suggested a soft, empathetic approach (I guess you thought the two replies are from the same member because they both start with “Dear Pradeep”).

You shared less than an hour ago that whenever you bring up the topic to your son, “he immediately becomes aggressive, shouts… he refuses to even sit and talk with me“. You also shared in your original post that he quit therapy (more than once) after a couple of sessions, saying that the therapists did not understand him.

I think that it is an excellent idea that you and your wife change your attitudes regarding your son and treat him like an adult, and not like a child. It will take a long time though, for the two of you to consistently practice this change of attitude, and for your son to trust this change. For quicker support (and not as a substitute to what I just mentioned), maybe if he himself joins OLD-Anon…  maybe he will find understanding there, among his peers: young people his age…?

anita