Gifted children’s imaginations can cause intense fears
This is how you can help a gifted child fight his fears because of his great imagination.
All children can experience fear at some point in their childhood, especially when night falls and the lights go dark. Gifted children’s fears can be even more intense. Their fears are more intense since they are more intense in almost everything. Some gifted children can be very scared, so much so that it can even be debilitating for them.
Fears can be caused by many factors, since some can be a response to traumatic experiences (although in this case it is better for a professional to take charge of improving them), but most of the time it has to do with a great active imagination. that have. Gifted children tend to have emotional overexertion and imaginary overexcitement and that is why they are so susceptible to any type of fear.
Young children will imagine monsters in the closet and thieves under their beds. Moving shadows cast by open window curtains can cause a child to imagine an invisible creature flying into the room. Even children old enough to know the difference between fantasy and reality can still be scared.
Older children develop social fears such as the fear of speaking in front of groups. This type of fear can also be the result of an active imagination. A child can imagine the worst that can happen: make a mistake and have everyone laugh at him, for example.
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HELP YOUR CHILD TO CALM THEIR FEARS
If you tell a child that their fears are nonsense or that they do not worry about what they fear, it will not help them to stop being afraid and also, they will feel that you are not respecting them emotionally. If it were so easy to stop being afraid, no child or adult would ever be afraid! Instead of downplaying it (when it really is), give your child strategies to deal with their fears. These strategies are intended for gifted children but are actually useful for any child who has fears.
USE IMAGINATION IN A POSITIVE WAY
If a child’s fears come from his imagination, you can help him learn to focus his imagination in a positive way. For example, if a child imagines monsters in the closet, tell him to use that power of his mind to conjure up warriors or angels instead of monsters. They will protect you from any harm.
You can also help him understand how to use his imagination in a positive way. Practice during times when your child is fearless, that is, during the day. Ask him to talk about what he imagines in moments of fear, to tell you about it. Then tell him to think about what could happen to improve the situation. A child imagining monsters in the closet, for example, might try to imagine a knight coming into battle and driving the monsters away.
If your kid has a favorite animal cartoon character, he can call on that hero with his imagination to defeat imaginary villains. Children who are capable of imagining villains are also capable of imagining heroes.
Older children whose fears focus more on public social situations than monsters at home can also use this strategy. A child who can imagine people laughing at them while explaining an assignment in class, for example, can learn to imagine people cheering and clapping. In this case, it is a matter of positive thinking that makes the difference. Negative thinking leads to imagining negative results, while positive thinking leads to imagining positive results.
These strategies take time to develop, especially when negative thinking and concentration on fears are great. But with daily practice, the child will begin to learn to control those thoughts since his imagination, instead of playing tricks on him, brings him tranquility and inner harmony.
USING THINGS TO ‘PROTECT YOURSELF’
Certain kinds of things can help children with fears overcome them or better cope with them. One type of accessory is an item that can be used to alert the forces of good to help fight monsters or other terrifying creatures. This accessory can be a small bell or a stuffed animal that makes a noise when squeezed. Ringing the bell or squeezing the stuffed animal serves as a call for help, but it is also a signal for the child to positively activate his imagination. This type of strategy works well in combination with the first one discussed above.
Another thing that will go very well to drive away your children’s fears is a spray bottle filled with water. The child must have this bottle in his hand when he is afraid and you will have to tell him that it is not water what he has, it is a magic potion that when he throws it into the air and it evaporates, monsters and villains leave with great fear. It is also a way for you to use your imagination to create positive situations.
These kinds of things can help children feel safe even if they have a toy phone that even if it doesn’t work, they can ‘call’ when they feel scared and the forces of good come to their aid. You must know your child and know what gadget will be best to stimulate his imagination and that the fear at night dissipates.
Older children can carry lucky charms that they feel as special and that you have given them (because they will also have a strong emotional charge that will give them good energy). The amulet itself is not what is important, what matters is above all what it provides you on an emotional level .
The essence is in knowing your child, knowing what works best for him or her. Your children must learn that their imagination is intense and that is not why they should have a bad time, quite the contrary! Their imagination is a great power that they have and that they can focus towards the positive to be better and feel good in the world around them, either during the day or at night.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.