Separation Anxiety

Separation Anxiety is excessive anxiety when anticipation or experiencing separation from home or loved one. When separated from a loved one, these people worry about the harm or disappearance of a loved. Due to this worry, some children/adolescent will be persistently reluctant or refuse to go to school or to be without loved ones. If they are separated from a loved one they will have physical discomfort and cannot stop thinking about it all day. Some people experience repeated nightmares with themes of separation.