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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 182673" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I was a worry wort growing up - never worried about myself, always about my sisters. My worrying was also short term to one situation. Will R get home safe from her newspaper route? Usually always about my sister's safety which was totally ridiculous because we lived in a very safe place. It was my imagination running away with me. Could be because it was very difficult to reach our parents during the day and being the oldest, I probably just took on that mother hen duty.</p><p> </p><p>Anxiety I view as deeper more personal. More on a "How will I survive this?" which I believe is different than, "What will happen?" My difficult child is the same age as yours. Last Summer when things got rolling down hill, he admitted to feeling afraid of how he was going to pass college classes and get a job when he was older; that he needed to have a job to support a family. I told him that it would be years down the line and before he needed that job, he would have learned what he needed to learn to take on that responsibility. He was really afraid he would not be able to SURVIVE.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child's anxiety's usually rears its head around health. He gets an injury and really believes he is going to die. "difficult child, when you get cut, you bleed. Happens to lots of people. Just stop the bleeding and you will be just fine."</p><p> </p><p>Worry leads to the unknown but not necessarily the inability to face it. I am afraid my sisters will get hurt but if they do, I know they will get the help they need and all will be fine - I just don't want them hurt.</p><p> </p><p>Anxiety is about survival - how can I survive this? I just know I will die in a car crash in a storm. I just know I will die when I get sick. I can not handle this.</p><p> </p><p>I would ask you difficult child's doctor to evaluation him for anxiety if something sounds like it would fit.</p><p> </p><p>I do think that when you do not trust the person in authority to keep you safe, there may be some anxiety. "difficult child, let me worry about driving in a storm - that is my job and I will keep us safe. You need to trust that I am in control."</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helped? It is hard to distinguish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 182673, member: 5096"] I was a worry wort growing up - never worried about myself, always about my sisters. My worrying was also short term to one situation. Will R get home safe from her newspaper route? Usually always about my sister's safety which was totally ridiculous because we lived in a very safe place. It was my imagination running away with me. Could be because it was very difficult to reach our parents during the day and being the oldest, I probably just took on that mother hen duty. Anxiety I view as deeper more personal. More on a "How will I survive this?" which I believe is different than, "What will happen?" My difficult child is the same age as yours. Last Summer when things got rolling down hill, he admitted to feeling afraid of how he was going to pass college classes and get a job when he was older; that he needed to have a job to support a family. I told him that it would be years down the line and before he needed that job, he would have learned what he needed to learn to take on that responsibility. He was really afraid he would not be able to SURVIVE. My difficult child's anxiety's usually rears its head around health. He gets an injury and really believes he is going to die. "difficult child, when you get cut, you bleed. Happens to lots of people. Just stop the bleeding and you will be just fine." Worry leads to the unknown but not necessarily the inability to face it. I am afraid my sisters will get hurt but if they do, I know they will get the help they need and all will be fine - I just don't want them hurt. Anxiety is about survival - how can I survive this? I just know I will die in a car crash in a storm. I just know I will die when I get sick. I can not handle this. I would ask you difficult child's doctor to evaluation him for anxiety if something sounds like it would fit. I do think that when you do not trust the person in authority to keep you safe, there may be some anxiety. "difficult child, let me worry about driving in a storm - that is my job and I will keep us safe. You need to trust that I am in control." Hope this helped? It is hard to distinguish. [/QUOTE]
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