My 10 year daughter seems to have problems dealing with serious upset such as a death in the family and so on. I have noticed that if she has a lot to deal with at school or if there is an issue at home out of our control, then she doesn't cope well. In Oct, there was a lot of stress in her little life and it seemed to make her physically sick and then she become to worried about eating because she thought if she eat, then she would be sick again and again. This frame of mind happened again last week. My mum, who my child is very close to, went on holiday for 5 days and the second day in, my child was physically sick, very down and upset. She then went on to not wanting to eat because it seemed every time she eat something, it made her sick. It got to the point where she told me she was worried about dying. Because she see my father not eating and he become seriously ill towards the end and passed away, she now thinks that she will die too. I have tried to explain to her that the difference with grandad was he had cancer and was very ill with it amongst other problems he had. It is very upsetting to see my child not eat, and as it did before in Oct, it takes a long long time to build up her confidence again and try and make her want to eat. She is fairly thin anyway. She is very active and i recall being very slim when i was her age. I just don't know what to do every time there is a serious amount of upset in her life, i know it will have an affect on her eating and or possibly keep making her physically sick.