Matt Eggleston – Psychiatrist, CAF FULL NOTES - SEE HARD COPY FILE Behaviours that may be linked to anxiety: Anger, questioning constantly, highly reactive, tearful, needy, constantly hurt or claims to be hurt, loud, bossy…and more. ANXIETY IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE FEELS, AND IT HELPS US TO REACT APPROPRIATELY TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ; it can motivate us to be organised, and it can promote performance (e.g. feeling anxious about a test so making time to study). WE can teach children to recognise and use anxiety for their benefit. Successful coping skills can be learn, and these help people and children manage everyday anxiety. HOWEVER, MEDICAL / FURTHER ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE SOUGHT IF IT BECOMES A DISORDER , which requires: 1. Developmentally inappropriate 2. Lasts for long periods 3. There is a functional impairment 4. There is SIGNIFICANT distress, i.e. that stops a person or child from functioning Normal Developmental Anxiety Infants: loud ...