I did exactly the same as your son and still do it actually. I am blue ray though I have like Shade also changed my aura. Now it is rainbow, but the blue ray is still adapt in me. Looking up esp and empath might also be valuable. My suggestion is to create a space in which there is room for them. If I feel there is not room for me I simply tune out and fake it. For me at times it turn into apathetic in a sense that I enter my own world completely and leave this world alone as I feel no room for myself. I agree grounding is a great skill to learn as it keeps thoughts and emotions settled, unfortunately for myself I grew up with a broken root chakra