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Causes of anxiety in children what anxiety is
and how it “tricks” your child...
Your child isn’t strange, sick, or weird. Their anxiety isn’t a disease, it’s more of what I call a “mental misunderstanding”.
We all have a self-preservation mechanism built into us
called the “fight or flight” response. It’s been there for thousands
and thousands of years and it did a wonderful job of keeping the human
race safe instead of being eaten by saber toothed tigers! Whenever it
senses a threat, it very quickly prepares your body to do one of two
things...fight off the threat, or run away from it.
It accomplishes this by rapidly pumping your body full of
stress chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol, so you’re as alert,
focused, and strong as possible. It makes sweat pour off you, makes
your heart thump in your chest, and makes it almost impossible to think
about anything else except the immediate threat at hand. It happens to
you, it happens to me, and it happens to your child. It’s been with us
since we lived in caves, and it’s not going away anytime soon.
You’ve probably even experienced this reaction firsthand.
Have you ever just narrowly avoided a car accident? Remember how one
second you were driving along and then the next second you reacted
instantly to avoid the crash? Your world seemed to slow down, and you
didn’t THINK, you just REACTED. Even
when you realized you were safe, your heart was pounding, sweat was
dripping off you, and you felt like you had enough energy to run a
marathon. Maybe your legs were shaking from so much adrenaline that you
had to sit and wait for a moment until you felt ok to drive again.
Your fight or flight reaction was a great thing to have
that day, right? It did a fantastic job protecting you, just like it’s
supposed to...Click to Watch a Short Video and Learn More |
