I have decided to put my son in therapy. After a fight between him and RS, I think it’s a good idea. RS got a little heated and left the house to go to the convenience store without telling either of us where he was going and my son flipped out thinking he was never coming back. He came back in a few minutes and it was revealed that they had a fight about my son being rude and refusing to clean his room. This is an ongoing thing, which is why RS was frustrated, though he acknowledged that he overreacted a bit.

Anyway, since COVID started my son has become increasingly anxious about death and dying. I have noticed him having the exact same thoughts I used to have as a child. Like exactly. Being afraid of an illness killing me, thinking every ache or pain was a brain tumor or something other sign of death, and the constant worry that my only living parent may not return one day. I do not want this for him.