Need to research whay my eight year old has such emotions..She gets "feelings" sometimes?
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A children's therapist might give you some insight into what your child is going through. It may be anxiety, and a therapist would be able to help work through some of that. It may be nothing, and a therapist would help you figure that out too. If you feel that your child is becoming overwhelmed by these emotions, you owe it to her to try! Children's therapists are very well trained. It will not be traumatic to an eight-year-old to go.
I encourage you to capitalize on your daughter's belief in angels. How about talk employing the help of the "angels" in managing her feelings. Encourage her also to TALK to you about the disturbing feelings that may arise during the day.
How about make a project (together) of creating a special "feelings journal". Get her a plain journal, go to the craft store and get a few angel stickers or little girly decorations, and spend an afternoon decorating it "just so". Get her a special pen (maybe one with an angel on it) to go with it.
Show her how to use the JOURNAL to write out the feelings, so she can "get them out of her head, and onto the paper". Help her establish a predictable, calming, nightly routine which includes the journaling I mentioned above. Be sure to remind her to include her feelings during the day, anything special that happened, and maybe what she's most looking forward to for the next day. She could even begin her journal entries with "Dear Feelings Angel".
You can probably help your daughter through this without the aid of a professional. If, however, your daughter's anxiety or sleeping issues become severe, it probably would be a good idea at that point to consider employing the services of a child psychologist.
she's probably gifted and can talk to spiritual beings. start researching that, not anxiety.
Hey! I take offense to the word "shrink." I go to counseling. >.<
Counseling can provide a family with a third party, objective opinion that comes with knowledge.
Your daughter could be especially atuned to peoples' personalities and emotions. What was it you were thinking? Were you sad? Happy? She might be able to read your body messages. We don't think that we relay our emotions to others unless it's really obvious (like crying or laughing,) but even the simplest things can alert others about your mood.
You may have heard that animals can sense others' fears. Perhaps she can, too?
If she's having problems getting to sleep or if they're really bothering her and getting, worse, I'd take her to a therapist. If it's a good therapist, they're not going to dose her up on meds or talk down to you, saying your child and such and such mental problems. But they might be able to understand and help your daughter realize what she is feeling.
EDIT: Michele makes a good point. Don't ask her direct questions, but encourage her to talk about the angels and what she is seeing/feeling. It's like "What is this color of the apple?" And instead of someone saying "Red," they would say "It's the color of a fire truck!"
Bless,
It can be difficult for a youngster to cope and understand with what is happening.
She isn't ill, she is gifted. Please don't dismiss what she says or feels.
This link might be of help to you both, there is a lot of info on this site.
http://pjentoft.com/index.html
Hugs and best wishes
A.D.
Buy yourself some spiritual books. She may be clairvoyant and there is nothing wrong with that , a therapist will throw her on medication, maybe she has a gift why don't you sit and talk it out, see if what she is saying is legitimate.
You said yourself she sometimes knows what you are thinking, coincidence maybe or maybe not. look into Sylvia brown world renowned psychic, read some of her books as well. If you help her understand what is going on you can help her control it. Ask you family if there is a history of this.
When the phone rings do you know who it is before you answer, mothers intuition, we all have a little bit, maybe you little girls is stronger don't fear it hunnie.
if she gets a bad feeling belive her cause something might happen and try and encourage her in what she does because if you send her to some shrink i dont think she will be able to trust you again thats what my mom did to me whenever i had a bad feeling and well my feelings come true
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