I have considered therapy. My husband wants to "handle it at home". He's a great guy, but he doesn't like the idea of labeling my son as having a "problem", which is what he believes going to therapy will do.

How do I go about asking for the psychosocial eval? Is this something I ask the councilor for?

The pressure of not being as fast as the other kids is something he really gets upset about. Its unfortunate really, he's an incredibly bright kid and he knows it, its almost like knowing that makes him feel he has higher expectations than the other kids.

My biggest fear is that I have somehow rubbed off on him or something. My mother, who happens to be at the root of a lot of my problems, has some severe mental problems and I am terrified I will end up like her. What if I mess my son up like she messed me up? My pdoc assures me constantly that I'm a good mom, but my son has always had some pretty intense anxiety things as well as being hypersensitive to ANY criticism. He cries very easily and is quick to take any situation personally. These are all faults of mine, I cannot help but think he's picking them up from me, or worse yet, I've genetically passed them down to him.