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Reply to "It seems like there has been a pronounced increase in younger kids with profound anxiety"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of kids with anxiety, too, but I also know a lot of adults who were like that as kids. My father had debilitating shyness ... that's what it was known as then. It would be called anxiety now. I was shy, my sisters were shy, etc. We avoided things because of it. All of that would be diagnosed as some kind of anxiety now. Medications or therapy would be offered. Back then it was just part of growing up.[/quote] Shyness is normal part of growing up. Learning how to deal with it is important. But medicating kids for shyness is a mistake because then kids don't learn how to deal with shyness.[/quote] I would argue the opposite, that a kid with significant social anxiety (not just common variety shyness or introversion) is more likely to develop coping techniques if also helped with medication. Basically, you can't learn or apply strategies when you're in panic mode.[/quote]
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