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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 120233"><p>Yeah, it does sound like she's getting stuck. Same thing my daughter's therapist said was that my daughter can't think and feel at the same time. When she's getting stuck, she's in feeling mode and no amount of rationalizing will work. She's unable to at that time. Susie's ideas are good. </p><p></p><p>You might want to look into EMDR or talk to your therapist about it. EMDR gets both sides of the brain working at the same time so that people with anxiety or traumatic disorders such as PTSD can work through it. therapist is also going to have to work on teaching her to recognize the symptoms of anxiety which has to be done before she can learn to cope with it. If she can't recognize it, she won't know to employ any tools she's been taught for coping. Part of not recognizing it is age. According to our therapist, kids don't typically have that much self-awareness until the age of 10 or so.</p><p></p><p>One other thing: any idea where her blood sugar levels are? My blood sugar dropped suddenly tonight and it took over 2 hours to come back up - that was with eating cheese and peanut butter and even drank a regular coke (bleck) for the sugar boost. I thought about your daughter during it because I felt so horrible...I couldn't deal with anything. I was snapping at my kids and feeling emotional besides feeling like my body was shutting down.</p><p></p><p>Really, the only thing I can suggest other than trying to get her unstuck like Susie suggested is to just offer as much comfort and reassurance as you can. Probably, she won't remember your words, but she'll remember you being there. Then after she's calmed down and is more rational try to engage in dialogue that might help you determine where it's coming from. Asking directly probably won't work because she probably doesn't know. Ask questions about what she was doing just before, how she was feeling - did her stomach hurt, etc - to try to narrow it down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 120233"] Yeah, it does sound like she's getting stuck. Same thing my daughter's therapist said was that my daughter can't think and feel at the same time. When she's getting stuck, she's in feeling mode and no amount of rationalizing will work. She's unable to at that time. Susie's ideas are good. You might want to look into EMDR or talk to your therapist about it. EMDR gets both sides of the brain working at the same time so that people with anxiety or traumatic disorders such as PTSD can work through it. therapist is also going to have to work on teaching her to recognize the symptoms of anxiety which has to be done before she can learn to cope with it. If she can't recognize it, she won't know to employ any tools she's been taught for coping. Part of not recognizing it is age. According to our therapist, kids don't typically have that much self-awareness until the age of 10 or so. One other thing: any idea where her blood sugar levels are? My blood sugar dropped suddenly tonight and it took over 2 hours to come back up - that was with eating cheese and peanut butter and even drank a regular coke (bleck) for the sugar boost. I thought about your daughter during it because I felt so horrible...I couldn't deal with anything. I was snapping at my kids and feeling emotional besides feeling like my body was shutting down. Really, the only thing I can suggest other than trying to get her unstuck like Susie suggested is to just offer as much comfort and reassurance as you can. Probably, she won't remember your words, but she'll remember you being there. Then after she's calmed down and is more rational try to engage in dialogue that might help you determine where it's coming from. Asking directly probably won't work because she probably doesn't know. Ask questions about what she was doing just before, how she was feeling - did her stomach hurt, etc - to try to narrow it down. [/QUOTE]
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