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How to Handle Worries and Anxieties

                                                 What is a worry?


               A worry is an upsetting thought or thoughts about something that

               has happened or is happening or might happen.

               Some worries aren’t very big and don’t last very long. They usually go

               away on their own when something changes. An example might be a
               test at school that you’re worried about. After you’ve taken the test

               you might realise it wasn’t so bad after all. You might even get a

               good mark. So that’s the end of the worry.

               Some worries are a bit bigger. An example might be you have to go

               to a new school where you won’t know anyone. You worry what it

               will be like. Then you start at the new school and before too long you
               make new friends and find the teachers are nice so you’re not

               worried anymore.


               Other worries are very big and difficult to deal with. They can be all
               sorts of things. Examples of things that are big worries to some

               people might be: being bullied, someone you love being very ill, your

               parents deciding not to be together anymore.

               Some children (and grown-ups) get more anxious about things than

               others. For some people something they are worried about seems to
               get bigger and ‘stuck’ and they can’t stop worrying. There are lots of

               reasons for this. Everyone is different though and only you will know

               if a worry you have is small, big or very big.
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