If you think you are the worst affected by the dreaded COVID 19, think again. Guess who are actually the hardest hit?
It’s the students who have had the most miserable time these two years. The best days of their lives spent in pandemic-induced home confinement and travel restrictions! Just imagine yourself in your teenager’s shoes – on the cusp of life, yet so uncertain about how things will turn out, so isolated and lonely, so bereft of hope and exuberance.
Anxiety for their future is coupled with a sense of helplessness. That is why online counselling for students is not optional any more, it is a must.
6 Common Behavioural Issues in Children
The Indian Psychiatry Society noted that there was a 20% rise in the number of cases of mental illness at the end of March 2020. With the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns persisting, and the future of innumerable children hanging by the thread, it is obvious that this number has risen exponentially since last year.
Your child/teenager may have/display:
- Mood Swings, Anxiety: Your child is bubbly and chirpy a few moments back, then suddenly her mood changes, and she becomes irritable. Or is chewing nails in anxiety while furiously texting. Online counselling for anxiety can help children in handling their moods.
- Eating Disorders: Binge eating, or conversely under-eating was always a problem in teenagers and pre-teens. A quick fix solution to low mood or stress, emotional eating causes obesity and other health problems.
- Anger and Self Isolation: Anger outbursts and resultant isolation when your kid creates a wall around him/her are never healthy. Your teenager can manage disruptive behaviour through holistic counselling services by an experienced counsellor.
- Excessive Social Media Usage: This is a no-brainer. When the entire education process is online, you can’t blame them either. The problem comes when they spend their entire waking hours on the net. Holistic health counselling by a trained therapist helps tremendously in assessing the triggers for excessive net addiction, and suggests steps to control it.
- Depression: Depression is now affecting almost one-third of the adult population around the world. But what is worse is children falling prey to this vicious disease. When you notice your child withdrawing, or clamming up, seek help. Counselling can help significantly in stemming depressive tendencies.
- Suicidal Thoughts: Yes, you read it right. Students who used to be so cheerful and carefree are seriously thinking of “ending it all”; that’s the level of desperation. Seek specialized student counselling services to guide these confused souls through career and life counselling.
Does Online Counselling for Students Help?
Definitely! Primarily because of the privacy it offers your child who is terrified of public censure. Also, a depressed or suicidal child cannot be dragged to the counsellor’s clinic. Here’s where online counselling for anxiety and depression makes a difference.
Just like you treat flu/diarrhoea with medical help, address behavioural issues through holistic counselling services.
Help is just a click away!