Anxiety

 

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If you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious during school, please tell a teacher, go to the front desk, go to the Student Support Counselor Ms. Lyftogt's office or e-mail Ms. Lyftogt.

 

If you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious outside-of-school, please tell a trusted adult, a friend, e-mail a teacher or e-mail the Student Support Counselor Ms. Lyftogt.

 

 

According to schoolcounselor.org, Anxious students may not be able to verbalize the specific cause of their anxiety; they just know they are experiencing excessive and ongoing worry and/or fear about something. They may avoid situations or activities in school. They may start to decline in academics and have trouble focusing and concentrating. However, anxious students also typically exhibit other symptoms, which tend to become a pattern, such as always being sick on test day. Students with anxiety also may have irrational and negative thoughts.

Anxiety symptoms may present differently among students at different ages, who may not be able to express what’s causing their anxiety and may instead exhibit symptoms. It is vital to be on the lookout for any of these symptoms:

• attendance problems
• clinginess/separation anxiety
• panic attacks
• academic problems/decline in schoolwork
• frequent urination
• frequent crying
• difficulty concentrating/staying focused
• blushing/sweating
• feeling weak/tired
• excessive worrying
• health problems such as headaches or an upset stomach
• avoidance of people/situations
• sleeping problems
• lots of “what ifs?”

 

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