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What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. Anxiety contains many components and often has a thought, feeling and behaviour associated with it.
Everyone experiences anxiety at some point in their life. For some people, it’s manageable and something they can work through, but for others, it can be more challenging and something that requires greater support.
For children, anxiety can be scary and overwhelming. Below, you’ll find some tips on how to help your child manage their anxiety.
Tips on how to help your child:
Write it out and then throw it out
Journal about worries
Create “worry time”
Write a letter to yourself
Talk to your worry
Exercise
Stress Ball
Get outside
Focus on your breathing
Most importantly, it’s important to understand the origin on the anxiety.
If you’re interested in learning more strategies for you and your child, please contact me.
