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Myths surrounding anxiety and panic attacks in children..
Anxiety symptomsin children,wrongly diagnosed, often influence parents into believing distorted half-truths about their child's behavioural and psychological condition.One of the most dangerous myths today surrounding anxiety disorders is that the anxiety symptoms children display could be early signs of schizophrenia.
Your child is not schizophrenic..
Although your child may appear confused and delusional, due to the extreme fear they experience during an attack, this does not mean the child is schizophrenic. Today there are too many laymen, and still even a few medical professionals, who paint misleading and disturbing pictures without any foundation based in truth. Frequently the pictures painted influence parents to subject their children to inappropriate treatments, which further exacerbate the anxiety causing even more distress, and in turn, distance the parents themselves from the possibility of finding the appropriate cure for their child.
During a panic attack your child may seem confused..
Another misleading myth, repeated over and over again, is that a child experiencing an anxiety or panic attack can lose control and cause harm to themselves and to others. During an anxiety attack a child'sthinking (due to difficulty breathing and heart palpitations)might seem confused for a short while, but they have not lost touch with reality. The confused state is a defensive reaction,a temporary result of the body's reaction to the mind, so it's important to know that the attack will pass, and that the child is not a danger to themselves or to anyone around them.
Help your child overcome the battle..
Anxiety symptoms in children, once recognized, can be overcome. To help your child end the battle with anxiety and regain their self confidence, and become secure in their own bodies and happy again, I invite you to visitAnxiety Free Children
