Our DS7 had ups and downs with anxiety - he had a bad bout when he was about 3 years old and then again recently....the quote from a post...
" certainly agree with the observation that when kids are gifted and have access to advanced ideas but have age typical emotional maturity that asynchrony can be problematic. But the good news is that intelligence may also make it easier for them to learn to recognize how they are thinking and to learn strategies for dealing with it too" summed up our DS's issue - about 2 months ago he had a scary event happen thanks to the above comment and he was diagnosed with PTSD - we have been getting therapy since. Everyone quickly pointed out how most of his anxiety seemed to come from the fact that he was learning things that most kids his age have no clue about and emotionally he was having issues dealing with what he was learning....but his therapist did say that yes, this was a plus for him in the fact that it does help him see and learn the strategies much more quickly.
