| In many cases child anxiety is acquired by genetics. A | | | | problems in school when previously they had not |
| parent who suffers from anxiety will more often have | | | | presented problems. |
| children who are nervous and anxious types. In saying | | | | Once the child reaches teenage they are just like |
| this condition of panic attacks can also be a learned | | | | adults when they are under stress. Just what causes |
| trait. A disorder like Anxiety can develop after a bad | | | | the stress is sometimes different because of age and |
| experience or traumatic event. Like being bullied at | | | | life. A first date, meeting peers for the first time, |
| school, or parents divorcing, being abused, a death of a | | | | competing in a debate or exams are all things, which |
| family member or the beloved family pet, these can all | | | | cause teenagers stress. Some experience the level of |
| lead to an anxiety disorder. | | | | anxiety worse than others. Merely the thought of the |
| If you deal with children and teens on a regular basis | | | | event that is about to happen is enough to set off the |
| or have children of your own it would be handy to be | | | | anxiety. |
| able to detect the early signs or to pick whether a child | | | | The teens symptoms are more adult like that the |
| is a potential candidate of a specific type of anxiety | | | | children's ones, so the teens can have some or all of |
| disorder or in fact if a child in your presence is going | | | | these symptoms, chest pain, sweating, shivering, heart |
| through an anxiety attack right at that moment. Here | | | | burn, shortness of breath, numbness, dry mouth, neck |
| are some symptoms you should be aware of: | | | | pain, shoulder pain, hyperactivity, fear of dying, |
| They fall into 4 main categories -- separation anxiety, | | | | palpitation, headaches, stomach upsets, and shaking. |
| social phobia, performance anxiety and generalized | | | | How awful do those symptoms sound for a teenager |
| anxiety disorder. So what are the symptoms? | | | | to cope with? There are remedies for them like |
| Separation Anxiety is very common when children | | | | medication, therapy and natural remedies to help them |
| reach school age, they can often show panic and fear | | | | through panic attacks and life. |
| from being separated from their parents or their home. | | | | It is interesting because some people say in life we |
| Symptoms to look out for with this type is crying and | | | | need a certain amount of anxiety and pressure and |
| begging to stay home, as well as signs like head, tooth | | | | stress to push us to achieve and do better, but when |
| and stomach aches which they cant go to school with. | | | | is too much anxiety too much for a young adult to |
| Social Phobia is almost the polar opposite of | | | | take? Excessive anxiety is when they or anyone is at |
| separation anxiety. The child feels they are different | | | | that point of feeling afraid, anxious or worried for no |
| from other children so they want to frequently stay | | | | apparent reason. The specifics of what is "worried |
| home alone and read a book or play a computer | | | | about" is different depending on the age however the |
| game, rather than play with others. | | | | feelings are very much the same. There is a |
| Performance Anxiety is closely linked with social | | | | difference between healthy worry and irrational worry; |
| anxiety. The child does not feel confident in their ability | | | | it is just a matter of differentiating the two. This can be |
| to play sports therefore they show signs of fear | | | | done because you can witness what is deemed to be |
| during physical education classes. This is the same in all | | | | an excessive reaction to the event or things when that |
| areas of life, if they feel they are not good at it they | | | | degree is not warranted, this would be considered an |
| become or are fearful of it. So if they feel they do not | | | | attack of anxiety. |
| have the ability to sing well they are fearful of the | | | | A lot of child and teen anxiety are often missed, as it |
| singing or music class. | | | | is a common disorder. They are unreported, |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by | | | | undiagnosed or under diagnosed, which is a shame |
| overall chronic worry and fear over everything | | | | and needs to change through awareness because like |
| possible without any apparent reason Patients with | | | | a lot of things they are very treatable with good |
| GAD often complain about problems, like stomach | | | | medical care. Experts have said that if this childhood |
| pains, cant sleep, restlessness and tiredness. As | | | | disorder gets missed in childhood it probably will show |
| children they can throw tantrums, cry and have | | | | up in adulthood as a psychiatric disorder. |
| nightmares. They also can have trouble and show | | | | |