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It seems fairly common to me for GT kids to have anxiety. A psychologist told us DYS DS8 had severe anxiety when he was 6. We've worked hard to help DS stay in control, but the anxiety is still there and can be overwhelming to the whole family when it's full-force. All-in-all, DS has MUCH less frequent full-blown anxiety attacks these days. He can still be a nervous sort of kid in many ways, and that can be hard to take sometimes for those around him. I feel lucky that he will talk with me about his feelings, and we work together to try to help him to handle things that bother him.

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