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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. 
Thanks for all the thoughts.  
He went to practice yesterday and watched from the car. There is another practice today and I think he's going to try and go.  He is still scared.

I agree that this is not "normal".

He went to a therapist for anxiety in 3rd grade.  Learned all sorts of coping techniques. Finished elementary and entered a large public middle school without issue and thrived.  Then spent the past 15 months at home, only interacting within known kids (about 8 friends, and a sports team he has been on for several years). 
School was entirely virtual except for 2 hours, twice a week for the past month.  These hours in school (about 10 total this year) had no real social interaction with anyone he does not know well---kids are not allowed within 6 feet of each other.

I called up the therapist he saw as a 3rd grader and the practice is only seeing new kids if they are actively suicidal.  I called a number of other practices and can't find anyone who is taking new kids.  Talked to a few good friends and they report the same thing--calling and calling and coming up empty.  It is really hard (impossible?)
to find a therapist who is taking child/teen patients now due to SO many kids needing help post-Covid.  I was told that things are only getting worse for kids (in terms of mental health) as they re-engage with society.  The fall-out is coming out.   :cry: [/quote]

Hi OP.  I'm so sorry.  My kid who is prone to anxiety regressed some during covid (was not able to do things that before he'd been fine with) and we did manage to find him a therapist and she said it's common.  I think a lot of kids are in this spot.  You are going to sort it out and he will be fine.[/quote]

+1 Good luck OP. I also have a son who has suffered from mild anxiety in the past and who seemed happy during the pandemic when we were mostly with family and close friends. Now, with the pandemic restrictions gone, he is absolutely paralyzed with anxiety. It is heartbreaking. I hope you can find help for your son soon. You  aren't alone in this and neither is your son. I hope that other families will continue to speak up about how much harm their kids have suffered as a result of the pandemic restrictions, because from what I hear from therapists, many kids are in need of help as they resume their lives. [/quote]

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