27 min
Does Your Teenager Struggle with Anxiety? Connecting U Podcast
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- Mental Health
Connecting U: Anxiety Series
Season 2 of the Connecting U Podcast focuses on anxiety. Mayra and Emily dive into relatable stories and advice for those struggling with anxiety.
Summary:
Join Emily and the first Connecting U Guest, Danielle Flint, as they discuss what anxiety looks like in teenagers. Danielle is a licensed therapist at Remain Connected Counseling.
Anxiety makes us overestimate how bad something is going to be, and underestimate our ability to deal with it. Kids and teens can feel the same anxiety in terms of fear, feeling stuck, and tension in the body.
In early relationships, kids are trying to decide whether they are safe with you and whether they seem “good enough” for you. Danielle starts with an overview of secure, avoidant, and anxious attachment in babies, as well as how this can play out later in life. Different parenting styles and life circumstances tend to result in certain attachment styles. Between 40 and 70% of children are securely attached, depending on the study.
Danielle’s final message for those who struggle with anxiety: When you are confident in your relationship with yourself, there’s room for mistakes and empathy for yourself and others. Give yourself space to be imperfect. Find a way to start caring for yourself, and it’s okay if it feels overwhelming at first.
Key Takeaways:
You do not have to be a perfect parent for your kid to form secure attachment.
Teens may internalize behavior, such as negative self-talk, or externalize behavior, with sitting on their phones and acting out, in order to cope with anxiety.
Social media and news outlets can be a source of anxiety and overstimulation for teenagers due to comparison and extreme self-awareness.
Young women with social media can fall into a comparison trap, but your worth is so much more than your appearance.
Tune in to Season 2: Anxiety of Connecting U for insightful discussions and practical advice on grounding yourself in self-awareness and surrender.
Every episode ends with a Bible verse and prayer for our listeners. Subscribe to remain connected to God, yourself, and others. Follow us on IG and FB @ RemainConnected. TikTok @ ConnectingUPodcast. Hosts are @ Em.Robinsonnn and @ Mayra_Richards_ on IG.
Connecting U: Anxiety Series
Season 2 of the Connecting U Podcast focuses on anxiety. Mayra and Emily dive into relatable stories and advice for those struggling with anxiety.
Summary:
Join Emily and the first Connecting U Guest, Danielle Flint, as they discuss what anxiety looks like in teenagers. Danielle is a licensed therapist at Remain Connected Counseling.
Anxiety makes us overestimate how bad something is going to be, and underestimate our ability to deal with it. Kids and teens can feel the same anxiety in terms of fear, feeling stuck, and tension in the body.
In early relationships, kids are trying to decide whether they are safe with you and whether they seem “good enough” for you. Danielle starts with an overview of secure, avoidant, and anxious attachment in babies, as well as how this can play out later in life. Different parenting styles and life circumstances tend to result in certain attachment styles. Between 40 and 70% of children are securely attached, depending on the study.
Danielle’s final message for those who struggle with anxiety: When you are confident in your relationship with yourself, there’s room for mistakes and empathy for yourself and others. Give yourself space to be imperfect. Find a way to start caring for yourself, and it’s okay if it feels overwhelming at first.
Key Takeaways:
You do not have to be a perfect parent for your kid to form secure attachment.
Teens may internalize behavior, such as negative self-talk, or externalize behavior, with sitting on their phones and acting out, in order to cope with anxiety.
Social media and news outlets can be a source of anxiety and overstimulation for teenagers due to comparison and extreme self-awareness.
Young women with social media can fall into a comparison trap, but your worth is so much more than your appearance.
Tune in to Season 2: Anxiety of Connecting U for insightful discussions and practical advice on grounding yourself in self-awareness and surrender.
Every episode ends with a Bible verse and prayer for our listeners. Subscribe to remain connected to God, yourself, and others. Follow us on IG and FB @ RemainConnected. TikTok @ ConnectingUPodcast. Hosts are @ Em.Robinsonnn and @ Mayra_Richards_ on IG.
27 min