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Darlene is a blogger at Raising Socially Anxious Children, author, and certified life coach (Talk Breathe Live) who specializes in childhood mood and anxiety disorders. On her Facebook page, Parents raising children with Social Anxiety Disorder, her focus is on creating a community where parents and caregivers will realize they’re not alone – a place where they can find the support, resources and inspiration which will help them with the challenges that can arise when parenting a child who has anxiety-related issues.
Since I started my blog back in 2008, I have covered many topics. I have worn my heart on my sleeve and opened up to the world about some very personal experiences. Our latest challenge – advocacy. I am my daughters’ biggest fan, her most outspoken advocate and I will not let walls block her [...]
These are the words that actually came out of my son’s mouth: “Well, I’m just saying that to me it doesn’t seem like everything you do is that hard. I’m the one that’s stuck in school for 6 hours and you just take care of two autistic kids in the morning and then 22 kindies [...]
Anxiety (also called angst or worry) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. The root meaning of the word anxiety is ‘to vex or trouble‘; in either presence or absence of psychological stress, anxiety can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness, and dread. Anxiety is considered to be a normal reaction to a stressor. It may help someone to deal [...]
In my home we always talk about our “toolbox”. It’s a place where we keep all of our ideas for battling the anxiety monster and it holds some pretty amazing stuff. Today, let me help you with your toolbox! “Too many times we stand aside and let the waters slip away, till what we put [...]
We’ve spent the last sixty odd days with no real routine, unexpected adventures, changes to the plan and late nights. For most children this is a little piece of heaven but for an anxious child this lack of routine and regiment can be devastating and overwhelming. What makes matters worse is that mid way through [...]
Although it was my daughter that was diagnosed with an anxiety issue at a very young age it has been the whole family that has been trying to understand and cope with the anxiety. We as parents are dealing with the emotional breakdowns, the teachers, the therapists and the doctors. While our son has been [...]
