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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for your responses.  To clarify, DD's room is NOT in the basement.  She just doesn't like going down there.  Her room is directly across the hall from her brothers' room and just down the hall from mine and DH's.  All the bedrooms and the main living areas of the house are on the same floor.  I'm more understanding of her fear of the basement.  It's much quieter and there's more 'crap' down there.  The boys (one older, one younger than her) have no problem with it.  It's where they play their video games and watch TV.

DD knows the fears are irrational but falls prey to them in the middle of the night. She's also familiar (and has employed) CBT techniques.  Her brothers have anxiety and the kids have been well versed in these techniques since they were small.  I spoke to a co-worker (who is a work psychologist) and she suggested that DD's amygdala is overstimulated.  She recommends having her think of something else that utilizes a different part of her brain - like doing math problems, conjugating verbs, etc - as well as breathing exercises.

We'll try it tonight and see how it goes.  [/quote]

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