Many of us display some signs of social anxiety disorder without ever knowing it. We might not feel it, but our bodies are taking on many of the physical characteristics of the disorder including blushing, profuse sweating or muscle...
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It can be sometimes very hard for parents to tell where the line is between common teenage misery and something more serious. For many people, adolescence is a challenging period of life for various reasons, and having mood swings...
Challenging behaviour is a term used to refer to problematic or testing behaviours that children, young people and adults can present. Aggression (hitting out, biting, pinching), destruction of property (breaking things), self-injury (e.g. biting, picking, head banging) and many...
Traffic light: Self harm Stay alert: Marks on my child’s arms, what should I do? Take steps: My child’s cutting is getting worse and there are a lot of fresh wounds, what should I do? Emergency: My child has...
Anxiety is the body’s way of responding to being in danger. Adrenaline is rushed into our bloodstream to enable us to run away or fight. This happens whether the danger is real, or whether we believe the danger is...
Traffic light: Running away Stay alert: My child occasionally talks about running away, what should I do? Take steps: I am not sure if my child has run away or is just late, what should I do? Emergency: My...
We all have an emotional mind, a rational mind and a wise mind. When your child is in a crisis, you really want your wise mind to be the driving force in you so that you can be helpful...
Traffic light: Aggression Stay alert: My child is getting more and more angry over time, what should I do? Take steps: My child is getting into trouble with their anger outbursts, what should I do? Emergency: My child is...
There are times in life when we might feel totally, hopeless, helpless, overwhelmed with emotional pain. It can seem like there is no other way out of our problems, we’ve run out of ideas, possible solutions. Our problems seem...