Anxiety in children becomes a problem when it starts to get in the way of their day -to- day life. In anxiety, children face to fear everyday challenges,hard to concentrate,have problems with eating or sleeping,have negative thoughts going in their brain.
In children, anxiety is severe,persists and interferes with their everyday life.
Generally children tend to feel anxious about different things at different ages.
Actually, anxiety disorder affects one in eight children. It is often co- occur with depression as well as eating disorder.
Researchers say that untreated children with anxiety disorders are at higher risk to perform poorly in school, escape in social activities and engage in substance abuse.
When children misbehave whether it is because of anxiety or some other issues,it can be extremely stressful for parents.
There are so many researches trying to explain why such a rapid increase in the rates of anxiety among children.
When a child feels anxious,his behaviour can be different to manage and he may act out. Children who suffer from an anxiety disorder have face the fear , stress, nervousness and shyness. They try to avoid crowd places, and social activities. Anxiety children don’t perform better in school, game activities and trying to escape on important topics and activities.
Fearful and anxious behaviour is common in children especially as they come across new situations and experiences.
Anxiety interfere with their ability to do things that other children their age can do.
Anxiety can also result in physical symptoms such as sleeplessness, diarrhoea, stomachache and headache. Other symptoms may include irritability, difficulty concentrating and tiredness. They suffer lack of confidence.
Anxiety in children can occur due to family issues, performance in school and relationship with parents and friends.
There are different types of anxiety disorders and each disorder has different types of symptoms and treatments.
Among anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder is common. They worries like fear of bad things happening in the future such as global warming or parents divorcing, being on time or making mistakes, poor academic performance and natural disasters.
Some children have obsession or unwanted thoughts, images or urges that make them anxious or uncomfortable and they engage in compulsion ( repetitive physical or mental behaviour) .
They are starting to think that bad things are going to happen, avoiding everyday activities. Some children feeling insecure such as family arguments and conflicts or a car accident.
So, parents should focus on exploring solutions with child in stead of just talking about all the things that could go wrong. People often think of anxiety in children and teens as being displayed primarily as fearfullness and worry. This might be true when a child is afraid to leave the family in the case of seperation anxiety or having an extreme fear about something such as phobia or being afraid of social situations such as social phobia or having symptoms of panic attack such as heart palpitations, sweating, trembling and shortness of breath etc.
They are rigidity, argumentative, inflexible thinking and suffer from some somatic problems such as fatigue, headache and stomachache. They tried to avoid the social activities and getting upset easily.
So, Parents should not neglect the behaviour of their children and spend time with them.
Dr S.K.jha
DocWorld 