Anxiety and OCD love certainty. It doesn’t like doubt. It wants to know 100% for sure. But that’s a problem. There are so many things we can’t know for certain. There is so much in life that we do not have control over.
In this week’s YouTube video I talk to kids, teens and young adults about the fear of going to sleep and not waking up and how to reframe their thinking around this fear.
Helping Kids Who Get Scared of Strange Noises “What was that?!” – is usually how it starts. A Bump. A thump. Anything unusual (or not that unusual) sends our children’s anxiety into a tailspin. Anxiety is on high alert. It is quietly scanning the environment for anything and everything that doesn’t sound “normal.” Unfortunately that includes noises like the air conditioning, the ice maker or […]
Do you wonder why your child is having a hard time sleeping? Believe it or not, it can be for many reasons. It is important to understand why your child can’t sleep, before you move into how to fix it. I have created a free downloadable PDF listing some of the most common reasons why kids are scared to sleep. You can download it by […]
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