What is anxiety and why do I worry?

Do you ever wonder why you have anxiety? You are not alone! In this video I break down why people get anxiety and how anxiety works.
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[carried]

I am 8 years old and I watched this video with my Mom! I have all of the anxieties like going to school and going to sleep at night and getting sick. The video helped me because it said some things I didn’t know about anxiety that can help me.

[elifpilon]

We loved this! My 7 year old son HEARD you! He's afraid of wearing costumes, including his gym clothes. It sends him over the edge. He smiled when he heard you say that other kids have anxiety too and that he was not alone.

[drediggity]

Hi I am 9 years old and I am always scared that my mom is going to die. If I watch more of these videos just for kids it will help me get stronger and help me to not have anxiety thank you for posting these videos.

[elvirafigula]

My daughter and I just recently discovered your channel and it has been such a blessing. Thank you.

[jen]

Thank you. Would love to see a vid on intrusive thoughts encompassing suicidal thoughts and harming others.

[Haloofhope]

This is my favourite channel that I have listened on child anxiety.

[dawnwerntz]

I am a therapist and these are so helpful to the kids I see

[melhynes]

I am 9 years old almost 10 and i just watched your video, it was AWSOME! There really helpful and i learnt some new strategies to do do when i get OCD and anxiety. PLEASE keep them coming because there awesome and i really like them!

[madisonbeathard]

wow i’m 22 and needed this video! thank you!!

[CHANTAL]

Me and my 7 year old daughter love and appreciate your videos!

[Lindy.goes.fit]

Thank you for this. My son is struggling and we are having a hard time helping him out.

[Luxmind]

My daughter watched your video before school this morning. It calmed her down so much. Can you talk about anxiety in regards to going to school. Her anxiety makes her cry and it makes her feel embarrassed around her peers and teachers.

[elizabetht]

This video was fantastic!! Your example of someones worries was my 8 year old son. I can't wait to watch this as a family.

[Fancyyeeps]

lately the anxiety i have been getting is about something no one can answer!this video is after making me realise not to worry about that kind of stuff because i need to focus on more important stuff, THANK YOU SO

[asugraduate]

I am 7 years old, and you will help me crush my anxiety. You are really nice to help kids who have anxiety. I can't wait to watch more videos. Thank you.

[taracavett]

I watched this with my boys this morning! And they really loved and it got conversation going. My youngest (4) said he really hopes this makes his big brother (7) “not run away when he gets angry.”

[daniv]

Thank you for your videos, I’m 14 and my anxiety started when I was leaving my grandparents house once and travelling a long way back home, at first me nor any of my family knew what was happening because I stayed in the washroom throwing up basically all night. One time when it was happening one of my family members stayed up all night with me trying to help and thought it could be anxiety, which unfortunately it is/was and not just food poisoning. I think I have separation anxiety which is sort of embarrassing since I’m getting older but I cannot stop the irrational thoughts from coming I have tried breathing exercises, just nothing seems to work. In 3 days I’m going to a sleep away summer camp and I’m getting quite anxious but your videos are helping me understand what’s going on and I might show my parents so they can get more of an idea of how I feel, sorry this was so long but thank you.

[meganrobins]

My 7 year old daughter has been struggling for about 5 weeks now. I am so very thankful for your wonderful advice and understanding. I had her watch this video and it helped so much. One thing I've realized about anxiety is owning that you have it and learning that you CAN overcome it! Thank you so much and I look forward to watching more videos!

[brittanystroman]

Thank you so much for doing these videos I just found them yesterday. My now 10 year old daughter has anxiety and has had it for years I just never knew she did I thought it was a behavioral problem. Everything you say and every example you give I say to myself omg she does that or yep that's her. Her anxiety issues are bed time anxiety. She gets up ever 10 to 20 minutes and it takes her hours to finally fall asleep. Because of your videos I have been able to talk to her about it and teach her the tools you taught me in the video to over come her anxiety her bully as we call him now. She opened up and told everything she things of at night and all the feeling she gets in her body at night and I was able to tell her the things that you said about it. It also made me realize that my sons anger is really anxiety from thing that no one likes him or everyone thinks that his ideas or dumb or that the things that he likes are stupid. Thank you so much for your videos I know they will continue to help me and my daughter and my whole family stand up to our anxiety.

[monicacovarrubias]

I know your videos are meant for kids but as an adult with bad ocd for years I appreciate your videos. Thank you, .