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Impulsivity and Frustration

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Kyle is very impulsive. Which is hard to explain, seeing as how he's an adult and not a child. Like, the other day we were sitting in the living room of our apartment, in the middle of doing homework, which of course he was having a hard time concentrating on.

Next thing you know, he jumps up and he's like, "I have to go whip the butter." We weren't making a meal, or baking. It was completely random. I was like, "What are you talking about?" He said that the butter we had recently bought wasn't as soft as our previous butter, so he was going to whip it to make it softer. So completely random, and so out of left field.

*Sigh* I think that the impulsivity irks me more than any of the rest of it. He's so flighty and unpredictable.
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My son is like this, it is so frustrating because I don't understand how his mind is working. He gets angry at his self sometimes because he is so impulsive. I am hoping that he will maybe outgrow some of it.
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Thank you for mentioning the part about being frustrated because of not knowing how his mind works. That's a huge part of it. Not so much that he *is* impulsive but because I can't understand how he can get from Canadian History to Lindburger Cheese in one breath.

Thanks for your reply. :)
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