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How to help 5yr dd with anxiety

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feekerry · 30/08/2017 20:53

Dd is 5 and suffering with bad bouts of anxiety. Manifests itself in many ways but it's crippling at times. She has been referred to PCAMS (sp?) but early stages.
I want to know how I can help her and how I can get better at dealing with this. By nature I am the total opposite. And I find it hard to get on her wave length. I find myself eventually snapping at her, telling her to get on with it etc. Can't stand when she clings onto me so much I can't move. I am ashamed to say I lost my rag with her today as we went somewhere and it was so bad it just made the day impossible.
How do I handle this without making it worse???

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Andro · 30/08/2017 21:40

www.mommyedition.com/how-to-help-children-under-10-cope-with-anxiety

This page contains some useful suggestions and a set of do's and don'ts - hopefully they'll be helpful.

Tortycat · 04/09/2017 00:10

There are some useful books around.
Parenting your anxious child by ron rappee is recommended. Also one by Sam cartwright Hatton (cant remember the title). Both based on cbt and social learning principles

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