I'm not a doctor, but have a high anxiety daughter (younger than yours)
In my daughter's experience, the "distracting them with other things" (or reminding them of the happy/fun stuff) route doesn't usually work. A therapist could be a good route.
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Originally posted on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:02:29pm
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