children with social anxiety disorder suffer with unreasonable fear
of social situations. Social anxiety is the most common anxiety for
children

Some symptoms : refusing to talk on phone to peers, using public
restrooms , standing up in front of a class to give a report .

The great news is these behaviors can change through therapy . There
are many excellent techniques to help manage anxiety disorders.

There are several types of common anxiety disorders that children may
have and each one is unique. Generalized anxiety disorder or GAD is
where the child worries about things in general for no reason at all.
Children with GAD worry about things from the past, present, and
future .

Children with GAD anxiety have a hard time relaxing and at timed find
it difficult to concentrate . Children with anxiety may display
symptoms of ADHD and depression.

Children with GAD anxiety may not want to go to school and may cling
to parents. They may complain of physical symptoms: headaches , tired,
muscle aches , stomach aches , etc.

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Teenagers that use marijuana put themselves at higher risks for
serious mental health issues: depression getting worse, anxiety,
schizophrenia , suicide and more per a white house report. Marijuana
is not safe.

Depression can compound depression when using weed to self medicate.
Depressed teens are more than twice as likely than others to abuse or
become dependenton marijuana . Teens that use marijuana more than one
time per month are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts
than adolescents that abstain from marijuana use.

Girls are five times more likely to develop symptoms of anxiety and
depression than girls who do not use marijuana.

Parents who make efforts to understand their child’s pressures and
stress and pain are more likely to keep their child drug free.

There are many techniques and tools one can learn to cope w anxiety
and phobia.

The first step is to avoid: caffeine , sweetners, alcohol, and tobbaco.

Psychotherapy can teach you skills to manage your anxiety or phobia ,
stressors and fears.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of many techniques used to reduce
anxiety. It looks at ones thoughts and learns how thoughts are
connected to fear , stress, panic etc and behaviors. Through learning
this awareness one can create healthier thoughts with healthy calm
results .

Empower yourself through therapy and counseling so you can be healthy
and calm and do all the things you dream!

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New research is out suggesting a correlation between ADHD and being
left handed as well as those that use both hands for activities.

Next week there may be another ADHD study . I have seen ADHD studies
come out weekly.

Regardless of the label the important aspect is looking at your child
orvteens needs.

Lifeworksaz focuses on the behaviors that need to change using your
child’s strengths.

Looking at family communication, mood, self esteem, social skills ,
anger, grief, loss , relationships and more to create a systemic
change . Family and individual counseling.

Lifeworksaz provides ADHD counseling ADHD therapy as well as many
other therapy for child teen adults and families.

There are many tools a child, teen , and adult can use to address ADD,
ADHD.

It is fascinating that a child is diagnosed with ADHD, ADD however
they are able to sit and focus on TV or a video game for hours.

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Holidays can be great and festive. Gifts, special food, and family.
However holidays can be very painful and stressfull.

Holidays can trigger memories of loss and hurt between familiy
members. Some people have moved away from family and feel alone .
Grief can come and go with memories associates with the holidays.

Reach out to friends during this time and find activities that bring
you joy.
Plan activities : hiking, movies, trips, read an uplifting book. Take
time to nourish yourself .

Professional help may be extremely helpful if depressed or if you have
depression symptomology.

American Eagle plans to raise inventory dollars pet square foot to
capture more teen purchases.

American Eagle hopes the increases inventory will get adolescents in
the store and they will come back for future purchases.

American Eagle competes with Abercrombie and Fitch and Aeropostale
clothing lines for teen clientele .

It was great to see Tebow help his team win today against the Vikings.
So called expert keep judging his throwing arm, his prayers, his faith
etc. It is all jealousy because Tebow can win and is a leader.

Tebow has gone 6-1 and pulled this team from the bottom of the
division to the top. Teammates want to play with him and they believe
( mental ) they can win. Tebow motivates his troops and the energy is
electric !!!!!

Tebow is a leader and a winner and an asset to the Broncos. He is
positive and plays smart and keeps his head up no matter what
happens . Tebow sees things half full never half empty.

Believing you can win and focusing on winning is huge. Sports mental
toughness and hard work makes Tebow rise above most QB’s in the land!

In one recent study ADHD and hostility were linked to Internet over
usage.

Children with depression and anger or social issues also turn to the
Internet to cope with life and life’s pain and or challenges .

High risk kids need to be highly monitored with Internet use and
limits must be firmly in place as well.

Parents should keep electronic device use out in a public place so
covert activities and secrecy do not become habit. It should be
monitored and limited.

Only 25 percent of children have rules on how much time they can watch
tv, play video games , or use their computer .

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