Today we’re going to continue the conversation we started in the previous episode, taking a closer look at anxiety and stress. Last week we talked about how the way a child develops impacts their ability to handle stress and anxiety. Today we’re going to talk a little bit more about this, but we’re going to talk about how stress and anxiety actually present in our brains, why so many children struggle with this, and how we approach this here at Connect My Brain.

Anxiety is on the rise in our children. It’s reported that 1 in 8 children are experiencing some type of anxiety and there are many reasons for this. Children’s lives have changed a lot over the past few years and thave different worries and challenges coming their way than children would have had one or two decades ago. Therefore, instead of looking at stress and anxiety as mental disorders, I look at them as developmental seasons in a child’s life and consider the question, “Did something happen that could have potentially led to the state this child is currently in?”. I cover lots of information in this episode including the development of worry, why movement is such an important tool to combat stress, the importance of allowing our children to make mistakes, outward signs that a child is experiencing anxiety, how our brains respond to stress and anxiety, and strategies that can help reduce chronic stress and anxiety.

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