If you have ever been around an anxious kid for long, you will learn that it cycles. Right now we are on an upswing. School is going well, fears have subsided. Now we do the walking on eggshell dance, but at least it is a calm period. That said, I have seen M make so much progress and I couldn't be prouder. I can not wait to see how the Lord will use this as she gets older. Right now, she wants to help other children who have anxiety. Maybe she will do that, maybe not, but for right now she is happy just being a kiddo.
Oh, she learned to ride her bike this past weekend. :) GO M!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Today was a surprising success. We had a 4 day weekend, which means a change in routine. This has always been a trigger for an anxiety attack. I put her to bed early last night, made a good breakfast, gave her plenty of time to acclimate to the routine. As we were driving to school, I caught her in the back seat working on her breathing, closing her eyes, calming herself, on her own. Yay!! This is what I have been working towards, she actually used the tools we have given her by herself. Major victory! Here's hoping for a great tomorrow.!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
It Happened Again
Last week we had a breakthrough with our anxious girl. She persevered and overcame the anxiety, went to school and came home to announce that she had great day. I jumped and cried and praised the L--d! She was so proud of herself. I was so proud of her!
Then there are days like today...
I knew it would be a struggle, she was anxious before going to sleep last night. Not about your typical 10 yr. old anxieties, but about doing something at school and not getting in trouble ( her conscience), then about whether or not she went to the right number group, because she forgot which number her teacher assigned. Then she was anxious about what would happen if she did get in trouble... Seriously this all occurred before 9:00p.m. She finally agreed to go to bed and try to sleep and leave further discussion for in the morning. I really wanted that to be the end of it, but I should have known better. She woke up this morning, first thing she said was " I am still worried"; took a shower, sat down for breakfast and couldn't eat. 10 minutes later she was getting sick in the bathroom and crying, begging to not go to school. We got her in the car, on the way and all I can do is hope and pray that she makes it all day. So here we are, I am back to searching for ideas to help with her anxiety, and reading my anxiety Bible, "Freeing Your Child From Anxiety", by Tamar Chansky. As for now, tonight we will go to bed earlier, and pray that tomorrow is better.
Then there are days like today...
I knew it would be a struggle, she was anxious before going to sleep last night. Not about your typical 10 yr. old anxieties, but about doing something at school and not getting in trouble ( her conscience), then about whether or not she went to the right number group, because she forgot which number her teacher assigned. Then she was anxious about what would happen if she did get in trouble... Seriously this all occurred before 9:00p.m. She finally agreed to go to bed and try to sleep and leave further discussion for in the morning. I really wanted that to be the end of it, but I should have known better. She woke up this morning, first thing she said was " I am still worried"; took a shower, sat down for breakfast and couldn't eat. 10 minutes later she was getting sick in the bathroom and crying, begging to not go to school. We got her in the car, on the way and all I can do is hope and pray that she makes it all day. So here we are, I am back to searching for ideas to help with her anxiety, and reading my anxiety Bible, "Freeing Your Child From Anxiety", by Tamar Chansky. As for now, tonight we will go to bed earlier, and pray that tomorrow is better.
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