Looking for help please for my teen. When she’s burnt out, overwhelmed, or worried her anxiety flares. She functions and fits in with others at college but it all crashes down at home. Reckon she’s got alexithymia as she can’t put her feelings into words to describe her bad days, but when things get very difficult for her her mind shuts down, she gets overstimulated, her tics start, meaning if she’s hungry she can’t eat even if she wanted to, can’t look after herself. She looks in angst in her mind, in pain from tics. And it won’t stop for hours. She takes comfort in her bed, weighted blanket. But I feel useless as I want to be able to help. She knows I’m there for her but I’ve no power to make it all stop. Shes not a hugger either. She’s refused medication years ago. Won’t even take paracetamol but wonder if anyone struggles with similar that’s tried different things to calm the mind that we could try for her. She’s going again to CAMHS in a few months, thank you very much
