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How to Help a Child with Anxiety 1/4

Therapy in a Nutshell

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Anxiety is not a negative emotion. It's just an uncomfortable emotion, but it's not bad. Every emotion serves a function. The function of anxiety is to make us ask the question, is this dangerous and should I take some action to ensure safety? And then our body makes sure that you pay attention by giving you these strong physical sensations. We get really worried about our kids being worried or we worry that anxiety is going to ruin their lives. So instead of thinking, oh, it must be so awful and dangerous for my child to feel anxiety, think, Oh, it's okay to have feelings,.

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