How to Overcome School Anxiety

When we feel anxious, our fight or flight response is triggered in our brain and we develop physical symptoms that prepare us for immediate action. From an evolutionary perspective, we most likely had to run away from an animal that was hoping to eat us.

Humans clearly don’t have the same dangers now as we did millions of years ago, however our brains have not adapted at the same pace to match our ever-changing world.

Hence when we are scared or anxious, our bodies still respond in the same way we would if we saw a tiger.

So what can you do to support your child through this challenging time?

- Acknowledge Their Feelings
- Check in on your own behaviour
- Help your child to feel heard
- Try and get into a new routine before school
- Arrange some playdates with some children of a similar age
- Remind them that everyone they know was a stranger once
- Go to the school before the first day and look around
- Remind them the teachers will be expecting them to be nervous
- Practice a mantra together
- Plan rewards for when they are brave
- Lifestyle changes can help lessen anxiety over time
- Spend more quality time with your child
- Practice being mindful together
- Keeping them home from school is not ideal as this reaffirms that school is scary and they can not cope. Teaching them coping strategies is far more beneficial and helps them to realise they can overcome their fear.

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