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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 144579" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Reds, this sounds very familiar to me. If conditions such as overactive thyroid have been ruled out (blood test looking at T3 & T4 levels, as well as sometimes ultrasound of the thyroid to see if it's enlarged at all) then I think you're looking at anxiety.</p><p></p><p>If you can think of how you have felt yourself, perhaps when you were a child, and you were extremely upset or worried about something, you might be able to sense a little of how your son feels. It's possible that when you were a child you understood better than he does, where the physical feelings were coming from. But a lot of children, especially those with problems, are less in touch with the connections between their feelings and the physical responses to those feelings.</p><p></p><p>I think you're doing the right things by reassuring him, but if you could find out what in his environment has raised his anxiety to this level it might help even more. He may not know what it is, because he may not have connected in his mind between a triggering event (perhaps a change in teacher at school, or another child teasing him) and the feeling in his throat.</p><p></p><p>It might not be anxiety. It might be sadness. Has something happened that you know about, that might account for him feeling sad?</p><p></p><p>Even if you can't find out why you can still help him. If you can teach him to relax, it can help. difficult child 3 had to do an exercise every night where he had to practice taking slow deep breaths while making sure he breathed from his diaphragm. If he had his hands on his tummy he had to feel it push his hands out with each breath in. He had to breathe in for 2 seconds and breathe out for two seconds, repeating this ten times each night.</p><p></p><p>Other relaxation and/or visualisation can help. Anything which can help him get back the connection between emotions and physical feelings can help.</p><p></p><p>Do you have access to tai chi? Would he do it? That might also help him focus his thoughts positively and also learn to control his breathing and relax.</p><p></p><p>Some children with Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) (sensory integration problems) can also have trouble with certain textures in food. But this sounds like a sudden change, and his description really sounds like that feeling you get in your throat when you are really anxious or upset.</p><p></p><p>I hope he keeps improving. His classmate's psychologist parent sounds like a good way to go.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 144579, member: 1991"] Reds, this sounds very familiar to me. If conditions such as overactive thyroid have been ruled out (blood test looking at T3 & T4 levels, as well as sometimes ultrasound of the thyroid to see if it's enlarged at all) then I think you're looking at anxiety. If you can think of how you have felt yourself, perhaps when you were a child, and you were extremely upset or worried about something, you might be able to sense a little of how your son feels. It's possible that when you were a child you understood better than he does, where the physical feelings were coming from. But a lot of children, especially those with problems, are less in touch with the connections between their feelings and the physical responses to those feelings. I think you're doing the right things by reassuring him, but if you could find out what in his environment has raised his anxiety to this level it might help even more. He may not know what it is, because he may not have connected in his mind between a triggering event (perhaps a change in teacher at school, or another child teasing him) and the feeling in his throat. It might not be anxiety. It might be sadness. Has something happened that you know about, that might account for him feeling sad? Even if you can't find out why you can still help him. If you can teach him to relax, it can help. difficult child 3 had to do an exercise every night where he had to practice taking slow deep breaths while making sure he breathed from his diaphragm. If he had his hands on his tummy he had to feel it push his hands out with each breath in. He had to breathe in for 2 seconds and breathe out for two seconds, repeating this ten times each night. Other relaxation and/or visualisation can help. Anything which can help him get back the connection between emotions and physical feelings can help. Do you have access to tai chi? Would he do it? That might also help him focus his thoughts positively and also learn to control his breathing and relax. Some children with Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) (sensory integration problems) can also have trouble with certain textures in food. But this sounds like a sudden change, and his description really sounds like that feeling you get in your throat when you are really anxious or upset. I hope he keeps improving. His classmate's psychologist parent sounds like a good way to go. Marg [/QUOTE]
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