Child Fear, Creative Blocks, and ADHD
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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00:00 How can I play with my child without fear?
03:48 How can I overcome stage fright and creative blocks?
22:02 ADHD stigma
34:02 Can ADHD be diagnosed quickly?
52:05 How can I support a partner with health anxiety?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, deserving listeners. I thought I would answer some of your emails. This first email is from |
| 0:06.2 | annual anonymous patron and YouTube member. She writes, I have a 10-year-old who likes to play |
| 0:13.8 | chase games with me. I'm finding that I'm actually getting scared when he chases me, |
| 0:19.8 | and I'm anxious for about 15 minutes after. |
| 0:23.4 | When I was a kid his age, my dad, who was abusive, chased me around the basement while carrying one of my doll's heads he had taken off. |
| 0:31.6 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:33.0 | It was terrifying. |
| 0:34.4 | This particular memory hasn't been triggered as an adult until now upon when my son |
| 0:41.0 | chases me during games. How can I get through this and be able to play with him? He feels bad |
| 0:47.4 | seeing me actually scared and anxious and I don't want to make him feel bad about playing. |
| 0:52.1 | Thank you for what you do, Dr. Honda. End of email. |
| 0:55.4 | Well, I'm sorry you went through that and it's totally understandable that this would trigger you. |
| 1:02.2 | As with any trauma, there are two components to healing and to coping. And the first is the short-term methods of emotional awareness, |
| 1:14.5 | emotional regulation, and trigger management. And the second element is long-term, which is |
| 1:21.4 | exposure and habituation. So you already have emotional awareness, it sounds like, because you know that you are feeling afraid. |
| 1:30.0 | You also know where it comes from, the trauma in particular. |
| 1:34.5 | And the second thing you need to do is to regulate your emotions as best you can. |
| 1:39.4 | It sounds like it's a bit overwhelming in the moment, which would make sense. |
| 1:46.9 | So then you want to engage in trigger management. If you could manage to regulate your emotions when he wants to play his |
| 1:51.4 | chase game and you can remain relatively okay, then over time, often our bodies will |
| 2:00.1 | habituate and it won't produce that trauma response as your |
| 2:04.6 | body acclimates to the trigger not being associated with danger. |
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