Comments on: How To Help A Child With Anxiety https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/ Helping Kids Thrive Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:15:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: April https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-2172329 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:27:24 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-2172329 This helps me a lot so much that I might have so much information I may lose my anxiety(I’m too young for this I’m not even a teenager yet)I need to lose my anxiety-_-

]]> By: Charalambos https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1987938 Sun, 08 May 2022 04:09:33 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1987938 Another good way to handle fears is to teach your child to turn them into cartoons that make them laugh.. eg i’m scared of falling off the cliff.. you say, but then we can spread our wings and fly like superman!!!

]]> By: Mark Flanagan https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1984898 Wed, 04 May 2022 07:24:43 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1984898 In reply to Laura.

Hi Laura
Just reading your comments to help someone out
I have a 20 year old and 15 year old both girls
Both have had anxiety and panic attacks at times sometimes often and have most definitely missed alot of schooling as a single parent that works odd shifts day night morning unfortunately I can’t be there day by day to take my daughter to school
Waking her up is a nightmare lol
Omg I wish they didn’t have access to all this technology it keeps them up so late then can’t get up
Where do you get the book you mentioned
Was it worthwhile any advice would be wonderful.
Thank you so much
With Kind Regards

Mark Flanagan

]]> By: tina https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1730042 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 03:33:03 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1730042 In reply to Beth.

i focus on my body too. instead of trying to come up with solutions or guilt myself as to why im anxious about everything id simply relax my hands relax my toes relax my jaw and breath. when my focus became on shifting my body to a calmer state my mind followed. by focusing on my mind never made my body follow suit. i used to need to do a b and c every day to feel like i could cope with the things i couldnt control then i had my daughter and could longer dictate my life like i had and i was sooo hard, but having to actually face my fears/the things that caused anxiety made them go away. bit by bit i realised that nothing bad happened when i took away my coping mechanisms and actually did the things i had been avoiding. my duaghter has jsut been diagnosed with GAD and its hard to not feel responsible genetically and given the first few years of her life i was really anxious, but i let go of that guilt- because well- id say i no longer have anxiety and having dealt with it can help me support her through it and beyond it too:)

]]> By: 12345 https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1706607 Sat, 03 Jul 2021 05:27:11 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1706607 I wanna maybe talk to somone about how I feel and when I read this and thought of my mom doing this I cried I’m still crying I would be AMAZING if she just let me have a day off of the world and didn’t ask why I don’t like school I would love that but I’m 12 almost 13 and offend think it’s hormones and me being dramatic but I’m always so tired and when I say things like this on-anything I immediately regret it but I’m trying not to

]]> By: Beth https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1705495 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:44:39 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1705495 In reply to Layney.

I had bad anxiety and worried all the time. What helped me was noticing where the tension was in my body. Like my jaw would be tense, my shoulders would creep up between my ears. So I would release them. You can release tension in your jaw by tipping your head back and letting your jaw drop open.
I learned self talk, asking myself a bunch of questions. Is my worrying going to help me or fix anything in my life? Will my worrying help the person I am worried about be better? Will it change anything? Does it make my life better now, or will it in the future. Will this stress, fear , anxiousness ever help me to be happy? Will it help me to become the person I want to be? No it won’t!!! I choose freedom!!! I choose to think of something else every time I start to tense up. I choose to create other thoughts instead that bring me joy like that time I went to… I had a great visit with… someone gave me… that time I… This really helps me I hope it helps your sister.

]]> By: Nicky https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1640697 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 01:37:36 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1640697 I cannot thankyou enough for posting and making available such great advice and strategies. It has been a lifesaver for us. My 8 year old developed anxiety during Covid and now he has gone beyond what I can offer him as a parent. Your advice has hugely helped, even implementing strategy no 1 has been a game changer. THANKYOU

]]> By: carrie https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1616845 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:35:40 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1616845 In reply to grace allen.

are you kidding??? that is likely one of the most contradictory statements I have seen in a long time.
You completely and blatantly ‘disrespected’ this parent.

]]> By: Crystal https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1615943 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:01:15 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1615943 In reply to Pam.

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

]]> By: Jill https://gozen.com/9-things-every-parent-with-an-anxious-child-should-try/#comment-1615266 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:31:13 +0000 https://gozen.com/?p=5026#comment-1615266 Love the article, but not the off-topic, crazy comments! Beside the fact that I read them all! Ha! My daughter is 8 and usually very logical. These past couple weeks she’s been crying 5-6 times a day. I’m going to try a couple of these strategies and see how it goes. Thank you!

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