Grandaughter

If it was just as the therapist says, that she’s emotionally young for her age, that wouldn’t come on over night, it would have been like that all the way through !
When she acts like this and presumable you ask her what is wrong what is frightening her, does she give any clues!
As it started two days before Christmas had there been any talk about FC coming to her bedroom at night ! However that wouldn’t address the teatime or school arrival screams
Have you tried her sleeping somewhere else perhaps on the sofa for a few nights or anything to break the cycle of fear that she has got into
Could she be autistic and this is a phase of it showing itself.

It’s obviously not night terrors if it’s happening at mealtimes and school entrance
Personally I m not at all sure about hypnosis for a small child

Thank you.My mum suggested that willjust message my son see what they thank.

Would you consider hypnosis with a fully qualified medical hypnotist?

I know people regard hypnosis with suspicion, but as your GD cannot explain what has happened, a hypnotist would be able to get past that block and also, hopefully, enable her to move forward in dealing with it.

I have had a very positive experience with hypnosis in my own life with what seemed an intractable problem, so I do urge you to at least consider this.

Thank you all.my son says it started 2 nights before Xmas,as it is my daughter inlaw has to stay with her all night and my granddaughter at most gets two hours sleep a night.The screams can happen any time a few nights ago she had almost finished tea when sudden she hated it and had a breakdown later she finished it,last week she wouldn't get in the car just started crying from nowhere,everyday at school she's hysterical going in comes out fine.
She can't explain what's happening to her it is sad to watch a beautiful little girl suddenly gone like this the therapist said she was advanced for her 6 years in lots of ways but emotionally she was age3 to 4 and couldn't express her fears.I know she will continue to go but in the meantime my family's life is shot they are at their wits end with worry for her and the effects it has on them.

Night terrors, that stay with her after she wakes and take a while to disappear.

We had this problem with our DGD, but she was much younger.Even when we got her awake it would take 15 minutes or more to get her into the real world. I can see that with an older child this might be more entrenched.

But like others, I think the likely cause lies in some traumatic event happening just befre they started.

Need to try to unpick what happened at Christmas. Were there any visitors? Did she see a scary film or cartoon? Was she worried about Father Christmas going into her bedroom?
I’m sure the therapist will have suggestions. A worry monster might help or a cuddly light up toy. I’m sure they’ve tried all sorts of strategies to try to help her.

I thought at first that she might be autistic, but if this behaviour has only started recently, it's less likely.
If she's seeing a therapist already, it's hard to make any useful suggestions. Maybe someone else has ideas.