My six yo has always been v active and talkative. Just recently, she has started to talk incessantly. It has gotten really worrying. She must be anxious or something because she has been upset coming out of school every day for the last almost two weeks. At first she had a viral infection and I figured it was that. But since, her behaviour has been really worrying and difficult to deal with. She keeps getting upset and “confessing” to silly little things or thoughts she has which she thinks are “bad”. She gets upset about things she hasn’t even done like “I almost said a bad word”. She also asks permission for minor things like can I touch this chair/ blanket etc and has started asking to go to the bathroom in our own house. She tells me everything that comes into her head or that happens to her physically (I have a hangnail/ I scratched my ear even though it didn’t itch/ I’m going to blow my nose etc) She says she is saying things with her breath - I don’t even know what this one means. If she wakes up in the night she will launch straight into rambling like this. Sometimes she tells me how many times she has done something- I touched your cardigan six times when you left the room. Sometimes what she says is basically nonsense. I think she’s just looking for anything at all to talk about.
Her teacher has given me a number to call to speak to a child psychologist.
I am so worried and freaked out plus my brain is fried just from the constant talking, reassuring then back to square one. She also seems to feel like need to say precisely what she means and this means she talks around what she’s saying so much it goes on ten times longer than it needs too. She won’t give a direct answer to a question either. She asks me things I can’t possibly know like whether she did something on purpose or by accident.
Things are generally normal at home. I have depression and anxiety but am medicated and apart from sometimes being irritable it is under control.
I had ocd as a child though and I’m terrified and feel sick with guilt that this is it kicking in for her.
I am trying to be really patient but it’s hard because it’s making me really anxious. I’m worried about it plus I’m a sahm and I’m with her most of the time and I can’t get a single moments peace with the constant talking, questions and calming her down. Dh is finding it v stressful too.
Does anyone have any experience of this in kids? I just don’t know what to do. I’m not looking for practical advice about treatment etc because I’m in ROI. I’m going to call the gp tomorrow and the psychologist in January. I just feel very lost and I just hope someone with experience can help me understand what is happening. It’s so confusing.