Help Children Overcome Their Anxiety Or Phobia
Anxieties are common experiences in life. It can be experienced by anyone at any age and the triggers that can make one feel anxious vary with people. Anxiety can be mild or severe and it may affect how the person carries out daily tasks and activities. Adults are usually capable of finding ways to cope with their anxiety compared to children who may find it difficult especially if they have no one to help them deal with it. When people are not able to overcome their anxiety or fear, this has a tendency to become a phobia. The problem with phobia is that it affects a person more seriously than anxiety. It is very difficult to deal with and has a greater impact in a person’s life. Sometimes, parents of children with phobias think that their children are capable of outgrowing them as they grow old. However, there are certain cases wherein the phobia becomes too serious to ignore.
Most phobias develop because of a traumatic event in life. For example, children know that doctors, nurses and other medical professional are there to help them when they get sick or when they are not feeling well. Upon their first admission in the hospital, they may feel secured and may become friends with medical professionals easily. However, there may be times when diagnostic tests and treatments may need the use of needles or medications which are not pleasant to their taste. Needles are known to be painful and uncomfortable, so they begin to have this feeling of aversion towards these tests and medications and the person administering them. They begin to be uncomfortable when health practitioners are around and some may even start crying at the sight of people in white uniforms. They also become uncooperative and hard to manage which causes delay with the procedures that need to be done and medications that need to be administered. In line with these, most hospitals already allow their health practitioners to ditch the white uniform and use scrub suits instead. Cherokee Scrubs has a variety of designs to choose from. There are even scrubs with Hello Kitty prints which would make them seem friendlier to the children. Studies have shown that wearing scrubs can affect children’s reactions toward care givers compared to those wearing the traditional white uniforms which children fear.
Parents and caregivers play a big role in helping these children overcome their fear or phobia. They must recognize that the fear or phobia is existing and not just an exaggeration on the child’s part. Some may think that what they are feeling is not serious and may even give negative comments and statements that will only worsen the child’s feelings. If the child encounters the object or event, he or she fears the most, do not encourage the fear. Instead, talk to him or her why and tell the reasons why it should not be feared. For example, if the child is scared of doctors or nurses, do not tease them more. You can tell them that these medical professionals are only trying to help and that they are good at what they do. For caregivers, try to be more friendly yet firm. You can also wear colorful scrubs and shoes so that they do not feel the aversion brought by white uniforms. You can wear Landau 8335 flare leg pant in different colors, with your scrubs, to brighten the mood of the children.
Most phobias develop because of a traumatic event in life. For example, children know that doctors, nurses and other medical professional are there to help them when they get sick or when they are not feeling well. Upon their first admission in the hospital, they may feel secured and may become friends with medical professionals easily. However, there may be times when diagnostic tests and treatments may need the use of needles or medications which are not pleasant to their taste. Needles are known to be painful and uncomfortable, so they begin to have this feeling of aversion towards these tests and medications and the person administering them. They begin to be uncomfortable when health practitioners are around and some may even start crying at the sight of people in white uniforms. They also become uncooperative and hard to manage which causes delay with the procedures that need to be done and medications that need to be administered. In line with these, most hospitals already allow their health practitioners to ditch the white uniform and use scrub suits instead. Cherokee Scrubs has a variety of designs to choose from. There are even scrubs with Hello Kitty prints which would make them seem friendlier to the children. Studies have shown that wearing scrubs can affect children’s reactions toward care givers compared to those wearing the traditional white uniforms which children fear.
Parents and caregivers play a big role in helping these children overcome their fear or phobia. They must recognize that the fear or phobia is existing and not just an exaggeration on the child’s part. Some may think that what they are feeling is not serious and may even give negative comments and statements that will only worsen the child’s feelings. If the child encounters the object or event, he or she fears the most, do not encourage the fear. Instead, talk to him or her why and tell the reasons why it should not be feared. For example, if the child is scared of doctors or nurses, do not tease them more. You can tell them that these medical professionals are only trying to help and that they are good at what they do. For caregivers, try to be more friendly yet firm. You can also wear colorful scrubs and shoes so that they do not feel the aversion brought by white uniforms. You can wear Landau 8335 flare leg pant in different colors, with your scrubs, to brighten the mood of the children.
