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Anxiety Symptoms

Anxiety symptoms are linked to specific mental and behavioral disorders which can appear even in very young children. Examples of these anxiety symptoms are thoughts and fears about safety of self and parents, expressing worries about things before they happen, or constant worries or concern about school, friends, or sports. Some anxious children are afraid to meet or talk to new people. As a result, they have few friends outside the family. Anxiety can also be expressed through physical complaints such as frequent stomachaches and headaches. In addition, anxiety in children can be expressed as overly clingy behavior at home and panic or tantrums at times of separation from parents. Anxious children are often tense or uptight. Some m (More)

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