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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is like that.  Exactly.  The best I've found is to read her mood and try to inject things into her life to counter the anxiety.  We'll do silly dance parties to lighten the mood.  Bike rides to get out stress.  Cuddles to sooth nerves. Yoga to calm.  Read books for a break from reality. Honestly, it's a ton of work.  But she isn't yet capable of managing her anxiety herself.  When she is feeling anxious she has a hair pin trigger and goes from one spectacular meltdown to the next.  The other day she screamed and threw things at me because I offered her a cupcake for breakfast.  It's totally irrational.  I'm trying to teach her to go to these things herself when she feels tense, before she gets herself in trouble and melts.  But she's 6.  It will be a while.[/quote]

This. You need to find how how best to help her calm down while validating her feelings till she's old enough to do it herself. With mine, a tight hug and cuddle in a chair for a while was the only thing that really worked. Time outs, on the other hand, sent her spiraling.

She's now 10 and much better able to manage it. [/quote]

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