The more likely scenario is that her son ends the interaction by getting off the bike. (That she did not do, as far as we know.) If she did, she might be in anxiety disorder territory. And then she could have gone home and canceled all future activities on the calendar that might involve biking. If you can’t do it without complaining, you can’t ever learn to ride a bike.” She came pretty close to that on the recording. Dennis-Tiwary could have ended this interaction by saying something like “that’s it. restricting or limiting the person’s activitiesĭr.Anxiety disorders by definition include worry or fear that is So it’s not an anxiety disorder for either of them. She could help herself in the moment by slowing down and remembering that her son’s development is unfinished. She sees vulnerability in her child, and wants to stop it. Dennis-Tiwary is also having a normal level of parental worry. Does he have enough experience riding to be confident? Not yet.Īnd Dr.
He is riding a bike, for the first time, on a gravelly hill. Her son is trying something new, and inherently scary. She became fearful that her son would struggle in the face of other challenges.Īs the mom in this situation, she eventually says “You’re so good at it, and you’re just talking yourself into this crazy… You’ve got to get your head together, man.” So does she have an anxiety disorder? Does her son? Then, she was generalizing this circumstance to possible future situations. First, she was fast forwarding through her son’s life and imagining that this emotion would affect him in the same way forever. She was doing two things parents often do (and that we discourage). Dennis-Tiwary acknowledges in the episode that her own anxiety was growing. Parent anxiety and child anxiety feed each other, so it’s important to treat both.ĭr. Get over it.” We can guess how this goes from here. You’re crushing it.” She moves on to “You’re doing amazing! Why are you so negative about it?” He answers tearfully “I don’t know.” His mother tries again. The tension in her voice is palpable as she says “You are not scared.
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