Wow I am so happy I came across this video. My husband and I have been so stressed out about our 10yr old daughter. She has always had some anxious behaviors with separation anxiety etc but last spring her anxious behaviors seemed to really develop even more which I believe was triggered by sickness while we were on vacation in Disney. She had a stomach ache at one of the parks and felt like she was going to be sick. After this her and I missed pretty much the rest of our vacation where her and I had to leave the parks and stay back at the hotel. This “symptom” carried out after we got home and for almost the remainder of the school year where I had to drive her to school everyday many of the times in tears. We had her seen by the dr and couldn’t find anything wrong. We seemed to have gotten through this time and soon she seemed back to her old self until this spring where she started developing headaches. We have been to the drs multiple times and have been instructed to keep headache logs etc. We have appointments scheduled for allergy testing, eye exam and possibly more testing regarding her head. I feel like it is a repeat of last year but even worse. School has been difficult. I get calls from the school almost everyday keeping me updated and when I need to come pick her up which is often. We are all trying to work together to help her through all this but she is missing so much school and I feel like life has been put on hold because of all of this. Last year the problem was her stomach instead of her headaches. Anxiety and depression run in my family and both my husband and I have ADHD. I also have anxiety and I feel this is what my daughter is going through. Like you mentioned that your daughter has Emetophobia…I have suffered with this my whole life and still do to this day and it is something I absolutely hate because I have let it control me and certain aspects of my life and as much as I have tried to hide this fear from my kids because I didn’t want them to go through it or develop it I have failed. Unfortunately my daughter has developed this fear and in some ways it is worse. I believe this is the root cause of all her anxiety right now and it is affecting our entire household. It hasn’t helped that the kids all had the stomach bug (my worst nightmare) in November and my boys had it again in the beginning of March. My boys thank god take after my husband and do not have this fear or other concerning anxious behaviors. How on earth do I help her with this? Most people don’t even know what Emetophibia is and they certainly don’t understand it. It is hard to explain to people. It has controlled so much of my life and I do NOT want that for my daughter.
Wow I am so happy I came across this video. My husband and I have been so stressed out about our 10yr old daughter. She has always had some anxious behaviors with separation anxiety etc but last spring her anxious behaviors seemed to really develop even more which I believe was triggered by sickness while we were on vacation in Disney. She had a stomach ache at one of the parks and felt like she was going to be sick. After this her and I missed pretty much the rest of our vacation where her and I had to leave the parks and stay back at the hotel. This “symptom” carried out after we got home and for almost the remainder of the school year where I had to drive her to school everyday many of the times in tears. We had her seen by the dr and couldn’t find anything wrong. We seemed to have gotten through this time and soon she seemed back to her old self until this spring where she started developing headaches. We have been to the drs multiple times and have been instructed to keep headache logs etc. We have appointments scheduled for allergy testing, eye exam and possibly more testing regarding her head. I feel like it is a repeat of last year but even worse. School has been difficult. I get calls from the school almost everyday keeping me updated and when I need to come pick her up which is often. We are all trying to work together to help her through all this but she is missing so much school and I feel like life has been put on hold because of all of this. Last year the problem was her stomach instead of her headaches. Anxiety and depression run in my family and both my husband and I have ADHD. I also have anxiety and I feel this is what my daughter is going through. Like you mentioned that your daughter has Emetophobia…I have suffered with this my whole life and still do to this day and it is something I absolutely hate because I have let it control me and certain aspects of my life and as much as I have tried to hide this fear from my kids because I didn’t want them to go through it or develop it I have failed. Unfortunately my daughter has developed this fear and in some ways it is worse. I believe this is the root cause of all her anxiety right now and it is affecting our entire household. It hasn’t helped that the kids all had the stomach bug (my worst nightmare) in November and my boys had it again in the beginning of March. My boys thank god take after my husband and do not have this fear or other concerning anxious behaviors.
How on earth do I help her with this?
Most people don’t even know what Emetophibia is and they certainly don’t understand it. It is hard to explain to people. It has controlled so much of my life and I do NOT want that for my daughter.
I am so glad I found your videos. My 11 year old son has anxiety about death and I don't know how to help him.
Thank you so much. Your advice is so spot on and helpful.
I love your videos. Can you please make one for kids who have ocd thoughts of harming themselves?