My step son gets nervous around kids who are better at something than he is, like at the skate park. If the big kids are there, he doesn't want to try for fear or being ridiculed by them. But maybe they'll help him, who knows. He also get intimidated by older kids who seem confident. He gets discouraged easily and wants to quit because he'll be upset that he's not getting instant results and will get nervous for fear of being a failure. He prefers to avoid things he's not good at rather than work at them. It's all down to some form of anxiety. Hopefully, with our help he can grow out of it. Anxiety is such a paralysing thing. He's too young to be petrified into non-action and lose out on his dreams. He's 9, so I'm confident he'll gain confidence.
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Makes me sad. Far too young to have to suffer anxiety.
He's constantly bombarded by the 'need to succeed'.
Makes me so mad. I hope he can. Try having him visualize. That actually would probably do a world of good. .
Yeah, that might be a good idea. He already does a few breathing exercises, adding visualisation to the mix should be simple enough.
any age :)Yea, I think it might :) Make it fun, use some stuff I shared in this months #manifestchallenge - they are great for
Cool, I'll check it out.