5 Year Old with Sepration Anxiety

Has ANYONE ever told her, that you would die?
Has anyone ever put ideas in her head?
Maybe because you/your Ex is divorced and she's displacing her fears onto you...
She seems to 'fear' things.. it not just being clingy... but well, kids this age still do get clingy... and/or separation anxiety. ie: in Kindergarten etc.
But they usually outgrow it. But for your daughter... it could just stem from the instability of her 2 parents not being together.

Maybe it is just her personality? Maybe she is a "worrier?"
Does she have friends? nice peers? Teachers?

Maybe, speak to her Teacher about it... and see what ideas can be suggested.

Or has she ever been mistreated and you not aware of it?
Maybe someone put mean ideas in her head?

At my daughter's school, for the incoming Kindergarten kids... the Teachers and Counselors are on extra observation/alert mode... to make sure the incoming kids are "okay." If not, they have a counselor that will work with the child to help him/her adjust to school. My Daughter went through that... and the Counselor was great.. it was simply playing and building a rapport with her so that the child knows they have someone they can go to for any help and to express their feelings with and/or problems... so they get more confident... and used to school etc.

All the best,
Susan

We had a child like this. She was miserable, and by the time kindergarten rolled around, she could not get on the bus. We took her to see a Board certified Child Psychiatrist and he treated her. It was night and day and I wish that I had done it years before I did. When anxiety effects thier lives and makes them miserable, it is time to seek treatment, which is highly effective and safe.

M.

I would take her to a couselor for children.
She fears that you will "go away" this probably stems from your divorce. You did mention your "ex"

Through my divorce my daughter carried around my t-shirt sprayed with my perfume.
You have to explain to her that you WILL come back.

Seriously I would seek a couselor.

Good luck to you and your daughter.

Mommy, hang in there. It is hard, believe me, I know. My daughter is better now, but still experinces times and moments of seperation anxiety. My daughter is adopted at 5 and shortly after the adoption, my ex and I divorced. Ive had her for 3.5 yrs now as a single mommy. Here is what I did and do...

Her seperation is due to always feeling abandoned by someone or not in control of her enviroments or kept out of the loop, so I try to limit that.

I always tell her where I am going to be and where she will be. (meaning my work and her at school) and I reassure I will be back.

I always tell her who will pick her up from school

YES, I do tell her when I am leaving to use restroom (she used to follow and at times, still does.)

I NEVER try to leave her searching for me in the house. It causes her to worry.

Counseling is a great idea.

My daughter still asks questions and says things like...you will be with me forever, right. she still worries. All I can say is, Love your daughter, keep reassuring, PRAY, and seek support from guidance at her school.

I'm sorry you are going thru this, it is upsetting and frustrating. She might have more problems than most because of the divorce. My oldest did this really bad around 4. Try having where you are dropping her off totally distract her and get her attention on something else. Best of luck