Daughter cries at the drop of a hat

[Sarahssss]

My DD cries all the time. About nothing in particular. And has full on meltdowns on a regular basis.
she is so brilliant but I am struggling with how to help her.
any tips?

How old is she?

6

I was a very sensitive child and cried at the drop of a hat too. I got shouted at for it, I was never allowed to show feelings. Let her be, she's still very young.

I was also like this and got in trouble for it. I just couldn't help it and obviously feeling like you're going to cry and then knowing that everyone thinks you're attention seeking or a pain for crying just makes it worse and you'll cry more.

I haven't cried in front of my parents since I was a late teen. Bereavement the lot, I can't do it.

Sorry- I didn't answer how to help her. Let her cry, acknowledge her feelings.

Don’t worry, I was like that. But now I’m very confident and ‘brutal’ as my mum puts it. Being sensitive/quiet isn’t a death sentence, u can change it

I was also like this as a child and would be shouted at, or have eyes rolled at me etc. I can still cry really easily now and and am a really anxious adult about getting things wrong, showing emotion etc.

I would just let her crack on and don't shout at her for it! It's a natural bodily reaction. The meltdowns however I would not entertain.

I agree with the posters saying to let her have her feelings, but i would also, whilst comforting her and allowing the tears, encourage her to try to talk about how she feeling as well because there may be something you can do to help. For example, i always cried out of frustration, other things too, but the frustration was helped through talking, i learned that i felt stupid at those moneys and i learned to problem solve that. So her tears are about a lot of things, some of them might be helped by learning to talk about them.

As for comforting her i would have really liked someone working with me to figure out what i found helpful. My mother used to just look at me and i felt alone with it, and didn't learn to withe myself until i was quite old, but the few times she held me and let me sob really strand out in my memory as moments of deep understanding.

Good luck op.