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[quote=Anonymous]It does sound like anxiety. I have anxiety now as a grown up, and as a child I was terrified of going to sleep because I thought someone would break into the house. We lived in a safe, suburban area and I never had any trauma. I don't know where I got the fear, but it was persistent. I would desperately try to fall asleep before my parents did, because once the lights were out and the house was quiet I was immobilized by terror. My son has anxiety now so I am reading about it, and one of the things that struck me was that you don't try to reassure anxiety that everything will be okay "the dog will protect you," but help the child reject the thought and replace it. "That is a worry thought. The liklihood of someone coming into the house is zilch. My brain is tricking me. I know I am safe here." But yes, I'd get your kiddo to a therapist because it sounds like she has some anxiety, and if there is anything I've learned about anxiety over the years its that it rarely stops with ruining one area of your life...it creeps into others. So help her learn some skills now, and maybe it will prevent anxiety from impacting other areas of her life. Good luck! [/quote]

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