Support Group for daughter needed

[awsmith78]

My 14 year old daughter is suffering with major anxiety because of a fear of being sick. It comes on the worst in the early evenings until she goes to bed. We are trying to help her thru this but I think she would benefit from a support group to share what is going on and get advice from others going thru the same thing. Is this a good place for her to do that? Or does anyone know of another support group that would be better?

[Mary-intussuception]

The age limit on here is 16 and over.

Sorry I don't know of any groups for her age .

Can't be easy for you.

[Linakv24]

Hi Awsmith78, I dislike to see a young child suffering due to anxiety. I’m happy that your looking for help, for your daughter, I wish some parents were that supportive. The first time I had an anxiety I was 13 years old. I was so confuse to what was happening to me and the fear I couldn’t understand that wasn’t there. The fear my mind was sending my body. My mother wasn’t support so I closed myself off to her. I couldn’t trust her cause she said it was all in my head. But I was young I didn’t know how to overcome them. So long story short. I’m an adult now and I live my life to how these anxiety make me feel, which sucks, because I feel it has robbed me of a life. So this is a good place for both of you. I’ve been doing some support groups online too. I’ve been attending NAMI( I hope I can mention that). Take her to get a counselor too, maybe start a journal and write down her thought. Sometimes letting the thought in our out can be helpful. It’s like a weight of our shoulders.

[Secret4706]

Hi

youngminds.org.uk/find-help...

It's a free texting service with trained volunteers x

[Linakv24]

Found this website for you verywellmind.com/best-onlin...

[awsmith78 in reply to Linakv24]

thank you!

[Linakv24 in reply to awsmith78]

No problem. I help she starts to feel better soon.

[Mary-intussuception]

I don't think there is any age limit for using SHOUT (if you are in the UK).

Your daughter could text 'Shout' to YM85258 .

As far as I can tell from the website It's a text service. Conversation with a trained volunteer.

If a caller wants to end a conversation,. text STOP. To restart the conversation text START.

Edit

That's text

YM 85258

Parents helpline is

0808 802 5544

If in USA you / she could try 211

[kvolm2016]

Sorry to hear that she is struggling with this. Definitely easy to understand how that fear takes root in the midst of a pandemic. If she is connected to a school, the school counselor(s) should have either support or referral resources to help her out.