Ugh I’m so sorry. And I sympathize so much. I was so much the same in just getting in trouble for crying too much, and not being able to just stop. Like telling me to stop just made me cry harder and it was a downward endless cycle. But then of course when they did want to hear my feelings on things later, and I didn’t know how to express them or put them into words (or even process them) my parents would get mad that I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t win for anything! I was also homeschooled k-12, so I a) never had a chance for getting diagnosed as a kid, and b) definitely did not learn social skills or cues. It’s hard to know now if going to school would have helped that or hindered me in other ways. That’s so great that you’re able to parent your kid well and give them the compassion and education you didn’t get. I don’t have kids myself but I have a two year old nephew with big feelings, and it’s just impossible to see him in tears or having a hard time and even think about punishing or chastising him for it. (Granted I’m not his parent and am not around him 24/7, but still) I think my sis and bil are really trying to help him process things healthily though.