DD almost 11. She is having upsetting thoughts of death every day. She cries and doesn’t want to go to sleep.
she says she thinks about it all the time and knows that she’ll live a long time but feels everything is pointless because one day she will die. She has seen a counsellor and things got better but seems to be really strong again. The counsellor didn’t really offer much guidance about why this was happening or how to address it.
we are generally a happy positive family and eat healthy and are active. We have lots of things to look forward too. We are very blessed and actively talk about gratitude.
I just can’t understand why these thoughts affect her so much and so so strong. Is this a thing with other kids her age? I have a friend whose child is very negative but she has been bullied a lot (they don’t spend time together).
my grandmother died about 7 years ago but DD didn’t really see a lot of her- that’s the only person I can think of that she knows has died. We haven’t lost any pets.
she had a serious operation when she was six months old and was in kept sedated in paediatric icu for almost a week. She was very healthy baby and it took a lot to keep her sedated, she kept half waking and fighting to wake up. I spoke to the GP about ‘pre verbal trauma’ (internet) but they treated me like an idiot.
am I overthinking this? AIBU to think there something really wrong?