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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless there is no other solution I find holding children down is one of the worst things you can do. Your daughters fear is legitimate. She has had a traumatic experience that was very real and now fears it will happen again. The solution is practice. And getting her involved. She needs to work through the traumatic experience before she can experience the same thing again without the fear involved. That's how trauma therapy works.

Start with little steps. For example: She gets a q-tip and practices putting it in her mouth. Swipe the insides of her cheeks. Swipe the teeth. Talk about it, take her fear seriously but also explain why these things need to be done. First swipe front teeth, then back teeth. Tongue. Roof of mouth. First in the front then further back. Always on her terms. Teach her how to hold super still even when she gets scared. Have her swab your mouth. Swab your own throat, showing her how to do it right. Explain that the weird feeling is normal, coughing is normal, even throwing up when it goes in too far is normal. Explain she won't throw up if she doesn't move and it doesn't go in too far.

There are a lot of little practice exercises she can do with you to prepare her for the actual appointment. If the appointment HAS TO happen right now and there is no time for practice take her and have SOMEONE ELSE hold her down. You do not want her to associate you with being held down. A member of staff needs to hold her. You are in front of her and hold her hand, talk to her, calming etc. Don't be the one holding her down forcefully...[/quote]

This is the best response op. If you can’t do this now since she’s sick now, you could still do some practicing and exposure tomorrow before you try again and at the very least start doing this after this before the situations arises again. This is actually what a therapist would help you do to walk through a fear like this [/quote]

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