JakeBillingham
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My son is now 12 years old, but from an early age, we thought something was odd about him. He spoke coherent sentences at just 10 months old. A very intelligent baby.
At around the age of 3, he was drawing pictures of mechanical objects and gadgets, including a ''mobile phone watch'' that is on a square screen and worn on the wrist, as well as aircraft designs. Around the age of 2-5, he used to have this white blanket that he grew attached to, unable to fall asleep unless he had it, and called 'her' ''sweetie''. He said she is white ''because that is her dress. She always wears her favourite white dress''One day, he said ''it's sweetie's birthday today and she is 115 years old today!''
At around the same age, he'd often draw characters in notebooks. One morning I remember I found a note on the floor that said ''JAIL'' (in capital letters). I found this odd considering we are from England and the term here is ''prison''. I asked him about it and he acted nervously about it and got upset, so I disregarded it.
At around 5 he kept having nightmares, he said he felt a drop and then he died. I asked him ''how did you die?'' and he told me that 'string' caught on his neck between his ears and his head 'went upwards.' (My son also has a red line around the same area). Years later he said he had a clearer version of the dream where he was looking down at his feet (which were tied) and someone in a crowd kicked the table and he fell. I asked him if his skin was dark. He said his skin was white coloured.
As he got older I noticed my son disliked technology, even if it was beneficial to him. I asked him what technology he liked (showing him photos of the eras of the last 200 years) and he pointed to a photo from 1910 that had a Ford Model T in the picture. When he picks out clothing, it is usually suit-like clothing but old fashioned variations of it. He uses American terms repeatedly, and occasionally his accent will jump from English to American between sentences.
When he was young, he didn't respond to his name at first, but he was aware that a name was being called. Even at 12 he's still terrified of things touching his neck. He's also worried about his appearance, eg. ''I don't like my blonde hair, it needs to be black'' or ''I like this name better''. For his age, he's precocious and is more like a 25 year old man than a 12 year old.
One day, out of sheer curiosity, we looked up ''1910-1920 white man in jail kidnapped and lynched by mob'' and found a white, black-haired man named Leo Frank who was married, an engineer / had a job related to mechanical engineering, and was lynched in Georgia 1915 as a result of a false conviction. He'd been in prison for years before he was murdered. Gruesomely, there were photos of the lynching (which is why I do not want my son to find out about it, considering that he is extremely sensitive) and the rope was digging into the rear of his head, which was jolted upwards as a result of the poor hanging mechanism.
My son, whose name is Andy, despises his name, saying that it's 'stupid' or that it sounds weird. He'll write 'Andrew' on forms, but prefers being called Leonardo and variations of the name. Occasionally he'll tell us he feels like he's dreaming or doesn't feel real, even though he's awake, and this feeling distresses him.
At around the age of 3, he was drawing pictures of mechanical objects and gadgets, including a ''mobile phone watch'' that is on a square screen and worn on the wrist, as well as aircraft designs. Around the age of 2-5, he used to have this white blanket that he grew attached to, unable to fall asleep unless he had it, and called 'her' ''sweetie''. He said she is white ''because that is her dress. She always wears her favourite white dress''One day, he said ''it's sweetie's birthday today and she is 115 years old today!''
At around the same age, he'd often draw characters in notebooks. One morning I remember I found a note on the floor that said ''JAIL'' (in capital letters). I found this odd considering we are from England and the term here is ''prison''. I asked him about it and he acted nervously about it and got upset, so I disregarded it.
At around 5 he kept having nightmares, he said he felt a drop and then he died. I asked him ''how did you die?'' and he told me that 'string' caught on his neck between his ears and his head 'went upwards.' (My son also has a red line around the same area). Years later he said he had a clearer version of the dream where he was looking down at his feet (which were tied) and someone in a crowd kicked the table and he fell. I asked him if his skin was dark. He said his skin was white coloured.
As he got older I noticed my son disliked technology, even if it was beneficial to him. I asked him what technology he liked (showing him photos of the eras of the last 200 years) and he pointed to a photo from 1910 that had a Ford Model T in the picture. When he picks out clothing, it is usually suit-like clothing but old fashioned variations of it. He uses American terms repeatedly, and occasionally his accent will jump from English to American between sentences.
When he was young, he didn't respond to his name at first, but he was aware that a name was being called. Even at 12 he's still terrified of things touching his neck. He's also worried about his appearance, eg. ''I don't like my blonde hair, it needs to be black'' or ''I like this name better''. For his age, he's precocious and is more like a 25 year old man than a 12 year old.
One day, out of sheer curiosity, we looked up ''1910-1920 white man in jail kidnapped and lynched by mob'' and found a white, black-haired man named Leo Frank who was married, an engineer / had a job related to mechanical engineering, and was lynched in Georgia 1915 as a result of a false conviction. He'd been in prison for years before he was murdered. Gruesomely, there were photos of the lynching (which is why I do not want my son to find out about it, considering that he is extremely sensitive) and the rope was digging into the rear of his head, which was jolted upwards as a result of the poor hanging mechanism.
My son, whose name is Andy, despises his name, saying that it's 'stupid' or that it sounds weird. He'll write 'Andrew' on forms, but prefers being called Leonardo and variations of the name. Occasionally he'll tell us he feels like he's dreaming or doesn't feel real, even though he's awake, and this feeling distresses him.
