I think it's very similar. My son also misinterprets things a lot. This weekend he was just very angry over very minor things - things that really should have been just irritants at worst.

He was upset because a cop waved at him when he was downtown on Friday. Well, he's had a lot of negative interactions with police, so he decided this cop was deliberately trying to hassle him.

Then he got really mad because my dog ate a piece of used dental floss out of his trash can. I know - yuck! But really how mad can you get about that?

So, Saturday afternoon he was stewing about these two things and inflating them into major things. And somehow making them my fault. So, I went to talk to him about them, and he flew into a rage - just screaming. He knew I was going to tell him these things weren't that bad - which I was. He finally screamed himself out, and we were able to process it a bit. Obviously he's really mad about something else.

Still Sunday he was very angry with me. It depletes my energy to work through these things. Sometimes I just don't feel like I have any more to give. I need a break. And he just turns on me. I feel like I'm working so hard here - supporting him - and he just rips me down.

He said an interesting thing. He said he wants to avoid another crisis - police involvement or forced treatment - because he doesn't want to "stop the growth." And he's right. I think - I hope! - he needs to work through whatever's making him so angry. But once one of the systems get ahold of you, the whole goal is to sedate the rage because it scares them so much.

I don't want to stop the growth either, but I need a break.