“What if I have no friends to sit with at lunch?”
“What if I have no friends to sit with at lunch?”
“What if I have no friends to sit with at lunch?”
One anxious thought can repeat in the mind like a vicious broken record. Are you familiar with this phenomenon?
If you’re a parent of an anxious child, you might even hear this thought repeated out loud. What can you do to help? When nothing in your verbal toolbox seems to break the cycle of repetitive anxious thoughts, try the power of physical touch. A hug can actually activate the parasympathetic nervous system and soothe a child’s chattering mind.
