I have an especially anxious little boy who is worried that his heart is going to stop...

[simpson]

Hi

DS (yr2 but Aug birthday) is an anxious child.

His previous worry was that if there was a fire how would we get out of the house...

But his new worry seems to be taking over a bit Ever since that footballer (whose name I forget ) collapsed with heart problems in a premier game he is worried about his heart (and also the lady dying in the marathon).

It is starting to affect his enjoyment of life ie he did not want me to book him into a footie tournament at half term (because he was worried about doing too much exercise) My dad has got tickets to see GB play in the Olympics (footie game in Cardiff) and he is now saying he does not want to go as he is worried about a player dying

He is a very bright little boy who tends to over think thinks tbh.

I have seen a book that was linked on another thread about helping kids with anxiety (cannot remember what its called and DS has squirreled it away in his room) which arrived from amazon yesterday which may help.

Tonight I asked him to write and draw about what was worrying him and he came to me with a bit of paper with a big heart drawn on it and said he was crying too much to write/draw anything else

Any ideas would be appreciated!!!

bloody hell

Had an operation yesterday and feeling a bit shit and then I find out I'm some sort of genius. Thaks everyone.

OP hope your little boy is a bit less worried now.

I too have an over anxious child and what i have experienced is that as soon you ease one worry it is substituted by another. talking about the worries constantly can feed them rather than silence them. I bought the most amazing book ' what to do when you worry too much' and it was instrumental in reducing my 8 year olds anxiety - I can't recommend it highly enough. We read it together and she said ' wow mum, it's like the author is inside my head....'

Best of luck

Sashh - hope your OP went well and you are feeling ok. I read him your post today and it has definitely helped especially about the footballer and the lady who ran the marathon and he now is happy to go to the footsie game in August and do his football coaching at half term but he is still worried about his own heart sadly and has asked to go to the doctor to talk to her about it so I guess this is what we will do at half term....

Forgot to say he liked the idea of choosing a special teddy to tell his worries to so we agree going to do that and also to get him a worry box too.... So he can write his worries in for us to talk about later....