My tween daughter is suffering from what I think is separation/anxiety . For the past few years she has struggled to attend sleepovers as she feels sick leading up to the sleepover and while at the sleepover I’am having to pick her up early due to feeling sick. She is so excited to attend but an hour before she starts with headaches and nausea. It’s also hang out dates that are at someone’s else home. No problems going to school. I’ve always brushed it thinking it would get better as she gets older but it seems to be getting worse.
What should I do, who do we see? I feel it’s holding her back and it’s breaking her heart and mine.
How do I help my Tween with separation anxiety?
How do I help my Tween with separation anxiety?
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It seems a bit worse then what I used to have but I used to get terribly home sick when I’d visit my dad in school holidays. And a few things my mum did, that you could possibly try to make it a little easier...
1. Mum got me a bracelet to wear and said it kept us connected. She said it was a special bracelet to look at when I felt home sick.
2. She got me that roll on deodorant called “mum” so I felt like she was always with me 😂😂😂makes me laugh now but it was comforting when I was a teen.
3. I always took my pillow to sleep overs for a homely comfort.
Psych, they are great at understating this, will work out if anything so happened and what exactly it is and what tools you can use to help.