Dr. David Coleman

Where's that influence coming from for him?

Is it coming from friends?

Because more and more we see teenage lads

often going to the gym.

And so the gym has become a really social place for them.

And so they're friends, they're going down to the gym, they're having a bit of fun.

They are working out.

Some of them are working out less than others.

They're mainly there for the social bit of it.

But for some, you know, if it becomes something that they become totally fixated on, you know, like anything, too much of anything becomes a problem, you know.

So it's just about trying to help him find the balance, really.

But you'll get that through curiosity, through understanding, through empathy more than you will through trying to control it.

It is tricky because it sounds like they're doing all the right things, which is, again, drawing his attention to the fact that this is bringing a lot of negative attention back towards him.

And so, you know, I guess the I mean, I'd be interested to know, you know, the level of insight that he has.

It sounds like he doesn't have much insight into what he's doing.

So again, the only way to help him gain the insight is to actually help him understand the impact that it's having on other people.

And so perhaps it is about letting him see perhaps more of the annoyance that it's causing.

So I'm interested for myself now why he's kind of blind to the fact that other kids, for example,

will be frustrated or annoyed and are they telling him to butt out or to back off or to leave them alone?

And what does he do when he gets that kind of feedback from them?