lindajane1971
18-09-12, 14:16
Hi everyone,
I am a bit concerned, its about my daughter-
In brief, when she was 8-12 she had small panic attacks when she saw a hearse or funerals on television, and also was afraid of anyone in a large animal costume. It didn't concern me at the time as i know it is common for children to have this fear and she gradually grew out of it.
My mum died not long after my daughters 12th birthday and i was so worried how my daughter was going to be............but she was very brave and managed to sit in church with everyone else at the front beside the coffin, but she did not want to go to the crematorium for the separate service, which was understandable and the rest of the younger kids in the family did not go to that either. She told me later that my mums funeral helped her understand everything and the attacks stopped.
So skip on to this year, and she will be 17 in January, she has been complaining lately of not feeling right sometimes and she txt'd me today from High School to say that she was feeling weird today and while sitting in the hall thought she was going to faint.
She does have a bad phobia of blood, and when she sees blood, she goes pale, feels shaky and hot and feels like she might faint (she never has fainted though)
She says it feels like she has seen blood when she feels "funny" but she has not actually seen any.
Now to me this sounds like anxiety?????
Is this just a coincidence or can anxiety go down through generations??
The thing is.........my daughter does not actually know that i have anxiety, i have been so good at hiding this from my friends and family, and i have never told my kids about it and they have not seen me anxious, and really its only you guys on here that know that i have it and what i feel.
Im concerned that she is starting to show signs of anxiety, as she is otherwise healthy, she has been a very healthy child and she is a normal body weight and does not smoke/drink etc. She does not eat red meat at all, and i did think she may be anemic, but this is not the case.
I dont know if she should go to the doctor or not?
Advice much appreciated!!!
I am a bit concerned, its about my daughter-
In brief, when she was 8-12 she had small panic attacks when she saw a hearse or funerals on television, and also was afraid of anyone in a large animal costume. It didn't concern me at the time as i know it is common for children to have this fear and she gradually grew out of it.
My mum died not long after my daughters 12th birthday and i was so worried how my daughter was going to be............but she was very brave and managed to sit in church with everyone else at the front beside the coffin, but she did not want to go to the crematorium for the separate service, which was understandable and the rest of the younger kids in the family did not go to that either. She told me later that my mums funeral helped her understand everything and the attacks stopped.
So skip on to this year, and she will be 17 in January, she has been complaining lately of not feeling right sometimes and she txt'd me today from High School to say that she was feeling weird today and while sitting in the hall thought she was going to faint.
She does have a bad phobia of blood, and when she sees blood, she goes pale, feels shaky and hot and feels like she might faint (she never has fainted though)
She says it feels like she has seen blood when she feels "funny" but she has not actually seen any.
Now to me this sounds like anxiety?????
Is this just a coincidence or can anxiety go down through generations??
The thing is.........my daughter does not actually know that i have anxiety, i have been so good at hiding this from my friends and family, and i have never told my kids about it and they have not seen me anxious, and really its only you guys on here that know that i have it and what i feel.
Im concerned that she is starting to show signs of anxiety, as she is otherwise healthy, she has been a very healthy child and she is a normal body weight and does not smoke/drink etc. She does not eat red meat at all, and i did think she may be anemic, but this is not the case.
I dont know if she should go to the doctor or not?
Advice much appreciated!!!