How do I, a person who deals with being excited and anxious by getting overwhelmed, teach my kid how to deal with being excited and anxious in a different way? I have no idea.
The other parent isn't helpful (doesn't get excited and anxious in this way).
@Sci_Fi_FanGirl good point with stimming, it helps me too. Breathing is something I can't really do on my own for myself (I need external guidance, which can be an audio tape but not my inner voice), but I do it with the kid and it does work. Bit hard to do with two other kids around 😬
(Stimming and prayer. Hmm. Maybe I really need to try this rosary thing.)
@quidcumque Breathing: counting does not help (4 times in, hold, 6 times out, hold)? Maybe your kid can learn to do it alone, using some mental image, like "take a deep breath, focus and blow out all the many many candles on the cake"?
Oh yes, the Rosary might help focus. And you have sth to fidget with.
@Sci_Fi_FanGirl it's difficult to synchronize like that for me without external guidance. My introception is really bad.
But it's a good exercise to try to teach the kid! Maybe even combined with fidgeting of some sort.
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