Every age period has its own fears and anxieties. For example, a 2-year-old child may be afraid of being separated from his parents, while a 4-year-old child may be afraid of the toilet hole swallowing him. A 12-year-old teenager may be afraid of changes in his body, while an 18-year-old may be afraid of test anxiety.
Fear and anxiety are very different emotions. Fear is the emotion you create against current dangers; Anxiety is an emotion that includes our worries about the future.
Our aim is never to eliminate these feelings and behaviors or to extinguish them, on the contrary, to discover and make sense of the underlying cause of this symptom. Because, as long as the underlying factors of the behavior are not discovered and these feelings are suppressed, although the problem seems to be solved in the short term, the problem will actually not be solved, on the contrary, it will change shape.
How can you help your children?
~First of all, listen to your children. Notice what is going on. Let them explain it to you. Instead of making assumptions, try to discover what he's telling you. Do not belittle or mock your children's feelings in any way.
~"What's there to be afraid of, my dear? Besides, was the man afraid?” Avoid statements like These statements of yours do not make your child less afraid. On the contrary, “I have to suppress this feeling. I can't talk about my fear with anyone."
~Another method of expressing fear and anxiety is to draw and paint these feelings. Especially young children need to make certain things concrete. Thus, they can be tangible, they can see, and they can also control.
~Fears are always caused by lack of knowledge. Therefore, you can inform your child by using visuals or watching videos based on scientific data according to the type of fear and age of your child.
For example; You can give your child, who is afraid of thunder, an explanation based on scientific facts about how lightning occurs, or watch a lightning flash video.
If your child's fears and anxieties negatively affect their daily functioning If it continues to affect the hair, then you should definitely get expert support.
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