Grandaughter

Night terrors?

My youngest son had night terrors at that age. It was terrifying for all of us. I never slept at night and grabbed a few hours when he was at school. We later found out that he was bullied at school. He was dyslexic, tall lad with bright ginger hair and gay his head just couldn’t cope with it all and the bullies waded in. Thankfully the bullies stopped after several visits to the school. Night terrors ended after a traumatic time. He’s now a happy 34 year old. Hope all gets sorted properly for you all.

Perhaps she is affected by transitions. Bed time, meals, arrival at a place, leaving a place. This would not be an 'overnight' thing, but more likely a development as she is becoming more cognisant as she's developing. Speak to her SendCo at school, any worth their salt will observe and ask their LSAs to break it down with pre-preparation and expectation setting then walk her through it to allow her emotions to catch up with her as the transition takes place. If it doesn't occur at school, it may be that she's holding it in, but those professionals should still be able to coach you in how to manage transitions.

I am a hypnotherapist with 0ver 30 years of experience (Not sure what a 'medical' hypnotherapist is Lathyrus3 Obviously you need to seek someone who is properly qualified and insured and belongs to a relevant body e.g.GHR but not everyone needs to have gone through Big Pharma's conditioning. ) I would definitely see if you can find a hypnotherapist to help, not just to discover what has caused this but also to treat her, to stop the disturbing reactions (but NOT to block and relevant memory, until you have found what, if anything, that might be)

The hypnotherapist I saw was affiliated to my GP practice and saw me at the surgery.

It gave me confidence in her.

I guess that’s what I meant by medical.

I would have worried about going to somebody’s house or a room over a shop or something like that. People are nervous of hypnosis.

I had no idea how effective one short session could be in putting me on the right track🙂

Please go back to your GP and ask for a referral to CAMHS child and mental health services. Get the the school to support and request she sees an Educational Psychologist. Talk to the special needs teacher and request her help.Your situation sounds very like my GD who has now been diagnosed with autism. These requests will take a while but keep insisting and really get your son a DL to talk to them about the huge impact on the whole family. It may not be autism but it does sound very like my GD's experience. In the meantime try to stay calm find and use anything that can help calm her, certain toys a safe quiet space maybe a cosy quiet corner with her favourite things and a soft blanket or a weighted blanket can help to calm. I wish you all the best but really push at the doctor's and the school. They should be aware of possible autism in girls. Masking at school , melt down at home, social anxiety Do anything to reduce her anxiety, which is likely not coping with over stimulation and looked much worse with Xmas excitement. All the best

Elrel my point exactly! Thanks!

Put a mattress on the floor of parent room and tell her she can come in if she needs to and sleep there.