Five things Kellen has taught me about anxiety:
Anxiety often masks itself as anger or irritability.
Anxiety can seem to appear out of nowhere. It is very unpredictable. It is not rational. You cannot reason with someone in the middle of an anxiety attack.
A person will often feel more anxious if they feel "trapped" in a situation with no escape plan.
Anxiety builds until a person feels they must fight or flee.
Anxiety is more "disabling" for Kellen than his intellectual disability has ever been.
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So true - all of these things. And, it can be disabling for lots of people. Nicely said.
Absolutely. Anxiety is one of the more disabling things for Jaysen as well. People don't seem to realize that they have to back off when he's becoming anxious, or it'll spin into a huge meltdown.
So true, and and yet the same time it makes me a little sad, its also true of phobias, but knowing this helps to me understand my boys disability a little better, Iam a more patient parent. thanks for sharing this, your timing is very good.
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