my 8yr old dd bad anxiety about rain, i dont know where to get help

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Hi, I am new here. I am a single mum with 2 lovely daughters, 1 is 14 and has ADD and the other is 8. I have been looking where i can get some advice and help for my daughter as i dont know what to do.

My 8 yr old has got a problem with the rain and it is getting worse. She thinks it will flood or something all the time.

Her school will phone me quite often and say she is feeling sick and can i come and collect her, this only happens in bad weather. If it is raining when she gets up, I have real trouble getting her to school in the first place.

I do feel sorry for her as this is making her feel physically sick and now the problem is getting worse she gets very hot and sweaty when she feels anxious over it.

I wont let her watch the weather anymore and i do try to reassure her that no harm will come to her but she still gets very distressed.

I feel mean as i got a call from her school today (yes, its raining) saying she was feeling ill, but i cant keep bringing her home all the time, so i told the school again that she gets anxious about the weather and said if they really wanted me to that I would get her but to just leave her and see how it goes. I feel really guilty now

I dont know where to go for help. I havnt got a very friendly GP so i am reluctant to take her there and i dont know if they could help her anyway.

Is there such a thing as the School nurse anymore, if there is I am wondering if she could help me but I dont know how to get in touch.

Sorry for ramblling a bit. Does anyone elses children suffer like this.

I have seen the weather forecast for next week and i see we are due more rain so i know it is going to be a tough week and i just dont know what to do

i feel so sad for you and your daughter....i am not a proffessional so i can only say seek help and tell more people ...perhaps ask your daughter to tell you more about it and have her explain it to someone else so she feels like she is really being heard ...

I had to tap in cos i sometimes feel like that myself and as a grown up i have to try and think what is the underlying concern..worry about family or sudden social change..but a child that ..is feeling sick with worry and would just like to come home and feel safe with you, does tug at my heart ..

To be honest if i had the time i would just collect her as often as possible ..untill perhaps she is bored with being bought home and actually happier to stay at school..perhaps on those days find some time to go out or play in the rain or even watch the news of what really happens and how all the "people" help each other ..emergencey services etc ..showing that the weather is a global concern and she is not the only one who worrys about these things ...

ah maybe she is a weather girl in the making ..best of ...to you.