Clare Crowe

The Clare Byrne Show on Newstalk.

Absolutely.

And it is hard.

And the first thing for parents to know is you're not failing if your child is presenting with some symptoms.

If your child is anxious, that's not because you failed as a parent.

That's because your child is overwhelmed.

So it's OK.

And, you know, for the reason we want to address these things at a timely time is because what happens in our brain is when we experience a threat, we get these cortisol neural pathways set up.

So that means I'm triggered by something and it gets activated and that's to protect me.

And of course, what happens then is the next time I experience threat or I feel anxious or distressed, that pathway will get activated quicker.

So the reason we want to address this in a timely manner is because we don't want to build up this habit or presentation that I'm always using.

triggered very readily and easily.

No, not at all.

What happens generally from a psychological therapeutic point of view is we want to story things for children.

We want to explain what's happening and give it a narrative because that's how we understand it.

That's how children understand it.

So for me, I guess the parameters for professional involvement are when we are storing something, but we feel actually this is getting bigger.

I'll give you an example.

I had a mom ring me and say, you know, I'm chatting to my daughter.

She says everything's fine.