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"When anxious, their thinking becomes impulsive and distorted, causing them to feel fear when there is nothing to be afraid of. Their strong emotional reactions limit their ability to access and apply coping strategies...This reaction is confusing for the children and causes more fear and distorted thinking, which in turn causes anxiety to spiral. This is also known as the 'worry loop'" (7).
— Jan 11, 2022 06:59AM
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SG
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"...anxious children have a distortion in their ability to perceive their surroundings and to process information. They tend to react to ambiguous stimuli as negative and interpret benign information as a threat. They see danger where there is no danger. They tend to be hypervigilant and automatically imagine that if something bad has even a remote chance of happening, it will happen" (7).
— Jan 11, 2022 06:55AM
SG
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"...remember that anxious children don't choose to be afraid: rather, they are likely experiencing intense anxiety because their brains are overactive in the areas that process fear" (5).
— Jan 11, 2022 06:53AM
SG
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"As a therapist, I see many parents of anxious children who feel exhausted and isolated because their child seems happy in so many ways yet causes unbelievable chaos, confusion, and frustration at home--stressful reactions mostly hidden from the outside world" (4).
— Jan 11, 2022 06:49AM
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"As a therapist, I see many parents of anxious children who feel exhausted and isolated because their child seems happy in so many ways yet causes unbelievable chaos, confusion, and frustration at home--stressful reactions mostly hidden from the outside world" (4).
— Jan 11, 2022 06:48AM
