Separation Anxiety In Older Children Is a Thing [and You Are Not Alone]

As he grew, some ages and stages were better than others.

When he was five, I would breathe a sigh of relief when I closed the door behind me and there was no tantrum.

When he was eight, he wanted to sleep over at a close family friend’s house. He had a blast.

It seemed like separation anxiety was slowly, but surely, becoming a thing of the past.

Separation Anxiety In Older Children

Then puberty hit and along with the increase in hormones came massive brain chemistry changes that sent my sweet boy spiraling into depression and eventually, mania.


Shawna Wingert
Shawna Wingert
Shawna Wingert is a wife to a wacky, voice actor husband, and a special needs momma to two uniquely challenged little boys. Passionately real, she takes an honest look at the messy and the painful, the sweet and the laughable, and how Jesus is in the midst of it all. You can find Shawna at her blog, Not the Former Things, and on Facebook.

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