{"id":599,"date":"2015-01-31T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/test\/2015\/01\/31\/a-monster-named-anxiety-a-look-at-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad-in-adolescence\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T19:43:54","slug":"a-monster-named-anxiety-a-look-at-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad-in-adolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campbellteenfamilytherapy.com\/blog\/a-monster-named-anxiety-a-look-at-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad-in-adolescence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Monster Named Anxiety: A look at Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)\u00a0 in adolescence."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"\"><span style=\"\">I have a friend. Her name is Worry. Her job is to protect me. &nbsp;When I have something important to do, she will push me to do it. &nbsp;She will make sure I do a great job. If I need to study, then she will make sure I do. &nbsp;If I need to practice before a game, she will make me. &nbsp;She ensures that I am kind to friends and respectful to authority figures. &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><br \/><span style=\"\">However, sometimes she gets scared. &nbsp;She thinks others will hurt me. &nbsp;She wants to protect me. &nbsp;In order to keep me safe she must get really big, bigger even than me. &nbsp;She tells me all of the bad things about people so that I won&rsquo;t try to be too close to them. &nbsp;Sometimes, if that doesn&rsquo;t work, if I can still see the good in people, then she will start to attack me. &nbsp;She will tell me all of the bad things about myself. &nbsp;She will convince me that others do not like me. &nbsp;She is not mean; she is my friend. &nbsp;She does not want me to get hurt. &nbsp;She will do anything to protect me. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\">When she gets like this, she is no longer my friend, Worry; she is now a monster named Anxiety. I should make her go away, but if I let her go, I might get hurt. &nbsp;I might not do well in school. &nbsp;She might be right; people can hurt me. &nbsp;&nbsp;So I let her live here in my room. She wears me down slowly. &nbsp;She has the power to hurt my body. &nbsp;She can give me headaches, neck aches, jaw aches, backaches and stomachaches. &nbsp;She can make sure I will never get rid of Worry, she will tie Worry to my back, but can do it in super sneaky ways so that I do not know Worry is there and think I am sick. &nbsp;My doctors, however, assure me this is the work of Anxiety. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\">I learn how to recognize that that Anxiety and Worry do not define me. My friends don&#8217;t define who I am. I am my own person and don&#8217;t have to listen to Worry or Anxiety if I choose not to. I can stand up for myself. &nbsp;I can calm the Anxiety monster by practicing mindfulness. &nbsp;I can help my body heal from her effects by eating healthy foods and exercising. &nbsp;I can talk to others about what she says and learn that it is not true. &nbsp;I can replace her negative words with positive thoughts about myself. &nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"\">One of my best tools is not to fight Anxiety. &nbsp;Instead I invite her in. &nbsp;I listen to her. &nbsp;I feel her. &nbsp;Then she is happy. &nbsp;She wants to know that I have heard what she had to say, and then she will calm down and I will too. &nbsp;I assure her that I am okay and getting lots of help from my parents, my friends, my school, my church and my therapist. &nbsp;I have tools that help me to tame her. &nbsp;She is still there but she no longer hurts me. &nbsp;I know how to control her. &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a friend. 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