Hello and thanks for reading. My 8 year old daughter has started having obtrusive thoughts at bedtime. If she isn't particularly tired she will go off down the rabbit hole of negative thoughts and end up sobbing. I immediately blamed stuff she's seen on youtube and I've gone through her history to see if I need to keep a closer eye on what she sees. I recognised myself in her and that got me to worrying about the chances of her developing anxiety and depression. I suffer from it but it is well controlled with medication. Her father suffers badly from depression and anxiety and doesn't seem to have it completely under control. I'm worried about the balance of environmental factors such as living with her father and of course whether she could inherit the illness. I don't think my depression was triggered by anything. I've always been like this since puberty. She will reach that soon. I'd like to know from parents with depression if their child was diagnosed with it, and what were the first signs please? I can't bear the thought of missing it when I know how terribly it can corrupt early life. Thank you