Hi there, I am just hoping someone out there might have some advice or who may have had a similar experience. My daughter is just 4 and doing brilliant. She is clever, sociable, popular and hitting all her developmental targets. However...over the last week she has developed a phoboa of putting anything over her head...clothes to be specific. I think this all may have stemmed from an incident a few weeks ago when she tried to take off a dress that was still buttoned up, she panicked and hurt herself...I thought it was forgotten but at the weekend I tried to put on a similar dress but she refused to put on saying no no I can't... Stupidly I didn't understand her genuine fear thinking she was just being stubborn and a battle of wills ensued, I had to give in and put a more stretchy one on and she was happy, but then the next day she refused even a stretchy and over the course of the last few days anything over her head at all :-( not even a vest. I am beside myself now as everyday is getting worse and I am worried this will develop into a real anxiety issue. I have not handled it well at all and am trying hard to be calm now. Sorry for such a long post and hoping someone can give me some advice. Thanks x
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4 year old sudden irrational fear of clothes
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Jacwac2203 · 01/03/2017 19:29
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