 | My daughter is 6 and half. She was very well on sleeping by herself and always shut her door to play her own secrete play without anybody looking until two weeks ago. She started being afraid to be alone after she watched a TV show about the legend and the truth. I watched with her at the beginning of the show and it was not bad and actually pretty interesting. However, my friend called me later and I left her watching on her own for about 7-8 min. She must saw something about ghost and then started behaving not on herself. She cannot go to washroom on her own, either me or my husband have to stand right by the door where she can sees, or she won't go. We have to be in her room with her until she falls asleep. She wakes up everynight and cannot go back to sleep without us being her bedside. She feels safe since adults can scare away ghosts. She told me that she won't feel scared at school because she played all the time and had fun and these makes her forget about ghost. But in the nights, she cannot stop thinking about ghost. She loves reading and reads a lots. We discussed fiction and non-fiction many times and she seems understand that there are many things in books and TV are not real. However, she still feels so scared that she cannot do anything without others being aside. We try to be with her whenever she needs, she even sleeps with me for several nights, but it is still very difficult to not let her wake up. She cannot have a good sleep and becomes nervous when it gets dark. Please help me. How should I do to help my daughter to get rid of this terrible ghost thing? Thanks! |
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