Catherine S
17-01-14, 00:13
I have suffered with health anxiety most of my adult life and now my daughter tells me that my grandson has started to suffer too, but although i can relate to others on here with this problem and have in fact been able to answer posts regularly since becoming a member and given advice to some of you I just don't know where to begin to help my grandson.
He started High school last September and is happy there and doing well but he is lonely as most of his friends from junior school are in a different group. My daughter said the school have been really good, with his teacher calling her for a chat about it all yesterday evening and they are going to try and find a solution for him.
My worry is that this health anxiety will stay with him even after the problem is sorted at school, and we all know on here how much it can take a hold and never leave. He's been asking questions about cancer and kidney disease and is worrying he has some serious illness. I don't know how to help him, which is really ironic coming from somebody who is an old hand at this kind of thing.
Are there any books to help children with HA? I wish Dr. Claire Weeks had thought about the children when she wrote her books for us!
Thanks
ISB X
He started High school last September and is happy there and doing well but he is lonely as most of his friends from junior school are in a different group. My daughter said the school have been really good, with his teacher calling her for a chat about it all yesterday evening and they are going to try and find a solution for him.
My worry is that this health anxiety will stay with him even after the problem is sorted at school, and we all know on here how much it can take a hold and never leave. He's been asking questions about cancer and kidney disease and is worrying he has some serious illness. I don't know how to help him, which is really ironic coming from somebody who is an old hand at this kind of thing.
Are there any books to help children with HA? I wish Dr. Claire Weeks had thought about the children when she wrote her books for us!
Thanks
ISB X