Separation Anxiety disorder has been medically defined as a psychological condition whereby the person experiences anxiety over separation from home or people. This anxiety over separation is related to persons or things where there is a strong emotional attachment, and the anxiety reaches excessive levels.
Separation anxiety is a natural phenomenon of childhood; children experience concern when separated from parents, especially their mothers. They feel distress, which is usually heightened as night draws near. This kind of anxiety is considered quite normal behavior up to the age of eight approximately. When the anxiety persists into the adult stage, it becomes a disorder, which needs treatment. While it is normal in children of small ages, it is abnormal in older people due to the intensity of the emotions involved and the problems exhibited with normal development.
Separation anxiety becomes a disorder when the reaction to being separated from loved ones is so strong it actually begins to disrupt the normal day to day life of the person. Relationships get spoiled and the person suffering separation anxiety disorder is unable to behave normally, managing a job and home.
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Separation anxiety disorder in children can stem from one of the following causes:
- When parents get divorced a child is suddenly bereft of the ‘safe as houses’ feeling he or she has enjoyed all their little lives
- When a parent is serving in the armed forces and gets deployed overseas, once again the child’s comfort zone and safety is shattered
- A very serious illness or even death of a parent can cause separation anxiety.
- Changes that affect the child; going off to school or going to a new school; a change in babysitters or teachers
- A life threatening or changing event like a natural disaster
All of these factors can bring on separation anxiety disorder.
What are the telltale signs for parents to realize the seriousness of the child’s separation anxiety? There are some signs by which parents can judge and some of these include:
- One of the most common symptoms is a stomach ache or a headache that is brought on by the fear of separation
- The child may begin having nightmares about being abandoned
- Panic attacks and tantrums brought about by the knowledge that they are about to be separated from loved ones
- Refusal to leave the house
- Clinging to parents and refusing to let the mother or father out of their sight
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