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Think about the here and now. |
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by meggles  (May 2007) (rank 51st) |
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Because of my son's anxiety issues I started saying to him to think about what is happening right now and to not think forward to later. For example. I would drop him off at school and he would be worrying about afternoon buslines!! He would get so stressed and agitated
that the day would go wrong and he would end up with a detention for not listening for example. Now When I am driving he says he is thinking about being in the car when he gets to school he is thinking about playing, in class he thinks about class and so on.
Well I had no idea if it was really working (though detentions have stopped) but yesterday when I was driving him to school I was thinking about something that was happening after lunch and worrying, I said it out loud and Shane said Mum you should only be thinking about what you are doing now... driving... then when its time to do the washing you can worry about that then... Well I had a little giggle but the point was made.
Often we are worrying about something that is not even going to be a concern for days, weeks etc instead of focusing on right here right now. Shane has really taken this on board and will even correct himself sometimes saying I should not worry about that mum cause right now I am thinking about what I am doing right now!!! pretty smart for a 6 year old
Think about what we are doing right this second and not worrying about a later event has helped shane alot with his anxiety
