Wednesday 29 April 2015

A-N-X-I-E-T-Y


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This week's blog post is brought to you by my 13-year-old son.  I have spoken of him before.  He was diagnosed with a Generalized Anxiety Disorder at the age of 7.  Recently, his school held a public speaking competition and all the kids were expected to write and present a speech, 3 to 5 minutes in length.  These speeches were presented in class, and then some were selected to present their speeches to a panel of judges from the community in the school gym.

Monday 13 April 2015

Diagnosis: Drama Queen


We all know that the field of Mental Health has taken leaps and bounds in the past few years.  The information, support, and mental healthcare available to our children today is far superior to what our generation (speaking as someone in their 40s) had access to.  Was it that mental healthcare wasn’t accessible back then, or what it just that children’s mental health wasn’t “a thing” when we were kids?