Freestyle Friday

Child Anxiety

For Freestyle Friday I decided the topic would be child anxiety, the reason I chose this topic is because I am a single mom who has anxiety, and also who’s 11 year old daughter has anxiety so this topic was very interesting to me.

According to Anxiety and Depression Association of America, an astounding 1 in 8 children have an anxiety disorder. “The problem is not that your child gets anxious,” Dr. David Russ shares, who has over 30 years of experience treating children with anxiety. “The problem is that your child thinks something is way more threatening, dangerous, scary, distressing than it is in reality.”

Dr. David Russ, ADAA

Anxiety and Depression are two things that I am very familiar with. My daughter was diagnosed with Anxiety in 2015, after she was removed from my custody for a year and a half, due to my involvement in receiving and distributing illegal drugs, our house was raided. After Keyara was returned to my care she was Diagnosed with severe separation anxiety disorder, we are currently working with a therapist to help us both understand these disorders, and strive toward a happy, healthy life.

Works Cited

Outten, Leah. “My 10 year olds anxiety is worse than mine – but heres how we’re overcoming in together.” http://www.babble.com, accessed on 19 June 2019