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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 666723" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Just my experience and observation but... anxiety, and social anxiety, are often seen as "stand alone" challenges - but frequently, there is something else at work, and the anxiety is just a symptom. We went down that road for years - school and doctors and therapists telling us we had to help our son get a grip on his "anxiety". In reality? His physical, developmental and mental health issues were at the root of all of the anxiety.</p><p> </p><p>If you are continuously told to do things you cannot do, and then are called lazy or worse; if you cannot follow the directions given (for a number of different reasons), and are continuously told that you aren't paying attention; If the kids your age don't want you around because you can't do the things they do, and the younger ones don't want you around because you're too big (or teachers kick you out of that part of the playground), then how do you learn to socialize? Anxiety is a strange beast. We get farther by getting to the root than by cutting off the flower. Maybe it's a bit like a dandylion?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 666723, member: 11791"] Just my experience and observation but... anxiety, and social anxiety, are often seen as "stand alone" challenges - but frequently, there is something else at work, and the anxiety is just a symptom. We went down that road for years - school and doctors and therapists telling us we had to help our son get a grip on his "anxiety". In reality? His physical, developmental and mental health issues were at the root of all of the anxiety. If you are continuously told to do things you cannot do, and then are called lazy or worse; if you cannot follow the directions given (for a number of different reasons), and are continuously told that you aren't paying attention; If the kids your age don't want you around because you can't do the things they do, and the younger ones don't want you around because you're too big (or teachers kick you out of that part of the playground), then how do you learn to socialize? Anxiety is a strange beast. We get farther by getting to the root than by cutting off the flower. Maybe it's a bit like a dandylion? [/QUOTE]
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