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how to handle dd11

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fairylights82 · 29/03/2022 12:38

I'm out of ideas on how to handle my daughter's emotional distress and anxiety. She's always been sensitive but since the start of secondary school, things are so much worse. She is constantly worrying about school and gets herself worked up at the slightest issue. She gets hysterical about things like homework and the house or her bedroom being a mess, even though the house and her room are pretty much immaculate most of the time. She's always shouting, crying or, if left to her own devices, she will become very low in mood and lethargic. When she gets home from school, she watches a bit of telly but we have to stop this after an hour (and no further screen time at all) or she gets very low in mood. After that, I have to make sure she is doing an activity, the best kind is outside, some form of sport or extracurricular activity. This lifts her mood really well but the moment she is back home and she has time to think, she's back to crying or shouting about things that upset her at school.

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fairylights82 · 29/03/2022 12:39

We are waiting on referrals from the gp, and a private psychologist. We have tried to talk to the school but they have not been helpful so far.

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BlueChampagne · 29/03/2022 13:07

That's pretty poor of the school. You could try Helen Kennerley's "Overcoming Anxiety".

fairylights82 · 29/03/2022 13:22

Thank you, I will add that to my growing pile

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MaitreKarlsson · 30/10/2022 12:58

@fairylights82
How are things with your DD now?
I found your post while searching for advice about mine, whose behaviour sounds very similar.

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