My DD is Y6. She's bright, hard working and high achieving. She also puts huge pressure on herself and when she can't meet the standards that she has arbitrarily set, she can't cope. Then she cries, scratches herself viciously and hits herself. This cam go on for over an hour, and in ther moment nothing we can do helps.
It's worrying me, I'm concerned she's heading into self harm territory and I don't know how to help her. DH thinks it's more attention seeking, but I don't think it's considered enough for that (she's never one to make a molehill out of a mountain,
she's certainly capable of upping the excitement level).
Can anyone suggest? I think she needs both coping strategies to handle the stress and better skills in setting standards, so that she doesn't set herself up to fail.
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Anxious Y6, worrying behaviour
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LlamaofDrama · 23/03/2021 17:58
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