(08-29-2010, 01:44 AM)beck7422 Wrote: Hyposensitivity to touch (what you describe your son as having), can be dangerous. Your son needs to learn if he sees blood, bones, or torn skin that he needs to report it to an adult since he can't properly evaluate it himself.

The few people I know with this problem repeatedly injure themselves by accident because they have a hard time realizing that they damaged their bodies.

In my case I am the opposite. I am a pain wimp, hypersensitive to touch, and the slightest touch can be agony for me. I am unlikely to cause major damage to myself because my hypersensitivity to touch has made me a very cautious person.

Thanks for bringing that up..I didn't fully explain where he was at now in my post. He's still learning to recognize pain but he does actually feel it and has become much more reactive in the past couple of years..still hyposensitive but not to the same extreme..at the same time he's hypersensitive to light touch. Tags and seams drive him crazy and he's rather get a bearhug than be touched lightly.
He climbed a 40 ft rock wall (1st time) the other day like a pro. (with all gear and a spotter holding the rope) They were amazed that he scaled the wall so quickly and had no fear..if only they knew