This might sound silly, beucase it does haha but I used to with my cousins when they were little take them back to where the injury occured and show them there wasn't anything to be afraid of, does that make sense? We would check out what caused the injury, safely of course till they felt confident again. I dunno it is hard to explain but if you take your son out to the trailer you might notice him immediatley fearful thinking it will happen again without him doing anything if you know what I mean? We also used to do the "smack the bad whatever" this included the ground if they fell down and scraped their knee. Seemed to make them less concerned about doing it again, and less fearful.
That kind of thing is very traumatic poor kid, hope the nightmares settle down soon and hes feeling alot better. It is hard when their confidence that they are indestructible is shaken
Do you think he could still be experiencing some pain? His behaviour sounds very much like my DD when she is in pain. Perhaps ride it out a bit longer (with lots of extra cuddles) and see if it sorts itself out in time, or see you GP about it if it goes on for too long?
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