Dealing with negativity / disaster thoughts?

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For the last two months my 6 year old Aspie has been doing some serious negative

thinking. He sees a plane in the sky & insists it is going to crash. We are

stopped at a traffic light & he says, " is there an accident up there? " I point

out a Smart Car & he says, " that's really small. If you get into an accident in

it, you'll die. " Today I was watching the weather channel & he seized upon the

flood & tornado watch, certain that we were going to die today & our house was

going to be ruined. I'm reading a magazine & he volunteers, " you know you can

get papercuts on your hands? " I open our umbrella & he asks, " did it break? "

This seems to be getting more intense & is getting to a point where I'm really

not enjoying our time together. It is just too negative & really brings me

down. If I ask him questions like " why do you think the umbrella is broken? " he

responds with, " you know umbrellas break all the time. " I have no idea where he

is getting this from.

Anyway, anyone have thoughts as to what might be going on? Any thoughts on what

I can do to turn it around? In the past he has been a really happy (not easy)

kid. I love my time with him & am frustrated that it is changing.

Thanks for any ideas & thanks for listening. Just venting helps.

Happy holidays!

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