The causes of insomnia in children

We, too, adults, reveals to us and sometimes nightmares. And a boy of nine, ten, eleven, is still a child, and every child is subject to growth crisis that generate anxiety. Admittedly, there are more quiet than other years, but the development crisis reappeared from time to time. In a few more manifest than in others and in different ways. The sleep disorders are a way to externalize something that happens.

The causes of distress may vary. For example, feelings of guilt, that at this age can have different sources: the sexual curiosity, the school problems ... There are also tensions with colleagues, feelings of inferiority or inadequacy in front of family demands or school (or that the child is imposed).

Not forgetting the causes of distress that may occur at any age: jealousy between siblings, tension between parents ... Also events of the past that have not been well assimilated can leave a residue of anxiety and upset the dream: the death of a family, disputes between parents ...

Also frequent are the anxieties caused by the vision or knowledge of tragic events: accidents, assaults ... that dramatize even more if the parents themselves are transmitted to the child anxious and fearful their mentality of the world.