She’s alot more talkative this time round, telling us how she’s feeling and trying to tackle it on her own unless she needs the support which we are really proud of her for. But I feel this article simplifies things and I cant wait to read it with her, it actually made me feel better as a parent, it can sometimes feel like your the only one going through it.

One thing that I have often said to her is that it will be ok, I will be more mindful of this moving forward. At the beginning of this school term she had came home and told me she had a tummy ache all day at school and I noticed that as soon as she got home she was fine. It went on for a few weeks and I’m sure it was due to anxiety. Thankfully its not happening anymore. I find when I consciously work with her when she is struggling it gets easier for her and then of course I start slacking when its better and it rears its ugly head again. Then we start all over. I keep telling myself I need to keep up with spending the time with her every day to work through things but life gets so busy. It’s exhaustiing.

We have an almost 12 yr old son who struggles with the same. He passed out once and now has anxiety attacks when he feels the littlest bit “off”. He’s afraid of passing out again. He also has issues with separation anxiety. He’s anxious that I won’t be around when he needs me if he’s having anxiety.

Thank you for this comment. My son presented with severe anxiety attacks along with OCD following a strep infection and also the flu shot. This comment is what has saved his life. I connected the dots because I was reading through every comment on this blog. We are now seeing specialist for this. Anyway thank you for helping save my son.

Thank you for this comment. I think that it saved my sons life. He had severe anxiety attacks with OCD tendencies following strep throat and the flu shot and we are currently taking him to specialist for this but only because I discovered it from this comment on this blog. Anyway thank you from the bottom of my heart.