My 6.5 year old daughter gets very anxious about things, for example going to school. Often in the morning she will have huge meltdowns about putting on her socks and shoes, because they don’t feel right, shoes aren’t tight enough - I think she genuinely does feel like this but she wears the same socks and shoes everyday and sometimes it’s fine, so it’s worse when she’s feeling upset or if she’s really tired. I try to be patient and understanding but it’s hard when we need to get out the door, I have two other (younger) children too to get ready. It went on for 25 minutes this morning. I’ve tried seamless socks but she doesn’t like those. Also, there are other things like if she starts a drawing and there is a slight thing wrong with it (in her opinion) she will screw it up and start again. She sometimes says things like she doesn’t like herself or that she doesn’t know how to feel happy which is really heartbreaking where is she is so young. I want to help her now so that she has strategies for coping with these feelings when she is older. Can anybody make any suggestions for any books or anything that I can read? How normal is this, should I be seeking external help? She doesn’t have any behavioural problems at school and she is very bright / good communicator, and comes across as very confident. Thanks.