Worries about being late

[Stavelos]

Hi my daughter is 7 going on 8. She wakes at 6am every morning and is completely over worried and stressed about being late for school. She'll be up and dressed by 6.30am or earlier if we don't force her to calm down and read a bit of her book first. She then spends the next 2 or so hours constantly looking at the clock and saying she is going to be late. We'll walk to school eventually at 8.30am and she'll then run in without a backwards glance and only a brief goodbye. She's always wanted to get to school early but with the virus she cant do her early morning school club anymore and so there s more time at home first. I don't want to think she's becoming overly anxious abut time but should I be concerned?

What is she worried about happening?

About not getting there on time. She wakes up like it.

What does she think will happen if she's late? What is she worried about?

Maybe the teachers have said they must not be late. Has she always felt this way?

Is it just this she is fixated on... Or does she get stuck on other items?

Has she ever been told off for being late? Or seen someone else get told off? Or even she's just been told off about something else at school and it's made her anxious?

Is this the only thing she’s anxious about? If so, what’s the harm in her getting ready early? She might be able to relax and read her book more easily if she’s dressed and ready and can see how much time she has left. Would it be a problem to get her to school early? (Might be at the moment because schools are doing staggered opening etc, so fair enough if you can’t)

Same thing this morning, 6am on the dot comes in turns all the lights on, moans about how she is going to be late, gets annoyed at us for not jumping to straight away, goes back in her room gets dressed supper quickly, goes downstairs and then whilst sorting her own breakfast moans about being left on her own downstairs and how its scary, comes back up, says she's had breakfast (...), cleans her teeth and sits down on our bed to read her school book and all before 6.30am. She cant leave for school until 8.30am at the earliest re new staggered starts. I know I shouldn't complain about her being so independent (kind of - and I wish there wasn't so much moaning and stress that goes along with it) but the madness of it is, well, mad. This morning she also made us worry because she flipped into this maniacal laugh when she first came in that she does from time to time when asleep and having a bad dream or not feeling very well but definitely asleep. She kind of goes crazy and can't stop herself laughing maniacally and we just have to wait until she calms down or snaps out of it. So she came in worrying about being late and just started laughing maniacally about it. It passed but then she zoomed into her room to get her clothes. Mmm perhaps she's not fully awake but she is so clear in what she wants to happen then and at that moment that it seems to us she's awake. Perhaps she actually sleepwalking?

And now I've looked up gelastic seizures on google and it has me concerned.