Separation Anxiety in children

Separation Anxiety in children

“Separation anxiety is the constant fear of home separation, parents refusal, divorce parents. ”

Separation anxiety has peak age in 12 years to 16 years.

Reason of separation anxiety: -

Excessive love and affection from parents

Excessive control from parents

Lack of confidence in public performance

Any physical disorder

Over protection from family and society 

Symptom during separation anxiety:-

1. Refusal to bed without being near and attachment person

2. Getting up frequently during night to check or to sleep an attachment person

3. Refusal to sleep away home

4. Fear of being alone 

5. Repetitive nightmare

6. Repetitive occurrence of physical complain like – nausea , vomiting , headache, pain in several region of body

7. Excessive need to talk to parents 

8. Social withdrawal 

9. Anxiety 

10. Crying 

11. Avoid to go school

Impact over personality :-

• Development of mental stress

• Fear to make decision making

• Fear to be independent 

• Develop dependency over alcohol and other related drug

• Development of introverts behavior

• Lowering of social life

• Lowering in self confidence 

Remedy and therapy –

Counseling by psychologist

Use of cognitive desensitizing technique

Learning of stress reducing technique like relaxation technique  

Psychological test like deep personality analysis 

Change in social and family support 

Family counselling 

Thanks