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Dealing with high anxiety in 6yr old

ellasmum

Hello,

My daughter is almost 6 (friday infact!) and is awaiting assessment for possible Aspergers or ADHD....She has lots of symptoms of both, so not sure how that works!?

Currently our biggest problem is her massive anxiety levels, she gets so stressed out about lots of things, which really dont know how to tackle it! her current obsession is about getting locked in places!? she is terrified of lifts, automatic doors, just shutting a door to a room which has a lock on it gets her panicking! she has huge seperation issues with me too....

She has awful trouble getting to sleep at night, which is making things worse as she is overtired and so uncooperative and highly strung the next day!

Any suggestions on how we can help her??

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  • I would advise psychological help in the form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

    I have Asperger's, but was not diagnosed until I was 21, two and a half years ago. It would have helped if I was diagnosed earlier because like your daughter, I was a very anxious child, although I had different anxieties to the ones you describe. I had OCD related anxieties and phobias to do with dogs, thunderstorms, dirt/contamination, and I would always misinterpret information and end up with a phobia. I am sure that if my problems were nipped in the bud when I was a little girl, that I would not be so anxious as an adult. Anxieties need to be tackled early because they have a tendancy to get worse or new anxieties develop if no psychological support is given. There is only so much that you as parents can do, but a trained psychologist should be able to help your daughter. When she gets assessed it might be worth asking about therapy.

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  • I would advise psychological help in the form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

    I have Asperger's, but was not diagnosed until I was 21, two and a half years ago. It would have helped if I was diagnosed earlier because like your daughter, I was a very anxious child, although I had different anxieties to the ones you describe. I had OCD related anxieties and phobias to do with dogs, thunderstorms, dirt/contamination, and I would always misinterpret information and end up with a phobia. I am sure that if my problems were nipped in the bud when I was a little girl, that I would not be so anxious as an adult. Anxieties need to be tackled early because they have a tendancy to get worse or new anxieties develop if no psychological support is given. There is only so much that you as parents can do, but a trained psychologist should be able to help your daughter. When she gets assessed it might be worth asking about therapy.

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