subject: The Anxiety Free Child Program [print this page] Maybe there's a reason for your child's anxiety that you can clearly identify like an illness or death in the family, divorce, arrival of a new sibling, or a move, but often, there's NOTHING for you to point a finger at and you're left wondering why they're struggling with anxiety!
Is it genetics? Does their DNA doom them to life of anxiety and fear?
Is it the way someone in their life handles anxiety and what they may have accidentally taught your child about handling their emotions?
Is it the lifestyle your family leads? The world seems to move so fast lately because everyone has so much piled on their plate, and don't even get me started on the economy...
Difficulties with anxiety in children is VERY common, research has shown that as many as one in ten children experience an anxiety disorder. The important thing for you to remember is that no matter the reason for your child's anxiety, it's NOT YOUR FAULT.
Whatever the thought is, it causes a little bit of anxiety, just a small trickle of the fight or flight reaction. Maybe their heart beats a bit faster, their thoughts race, or they get a tad lightheaded.
They notice those physical sensations, and it scares them, even though they may have not even noticed the original thought that caused the reaction to begin with.
Now they start to pay a great deal of attention to their body, watching it closely for more evidence that something is wrong. The physical sensations of fear make your child feel like something MUST be wrong, so their body releases even MORE anxiety producing chemicals, which scares them MORE, and the cycle continues.
It's important to me that help is within reach for every child that needs it, so even though other programs run several hundred dollars for material not half as good or nearly as effective, I've decided to make the Anxiety-Free Child Program incredibly affordable so not a single child needs to continue to suffer needlessly with their anxiety.
