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> A light slap in the face can be very beneficial for snapping hysterical children out of tantrums. This is proven! Can you share any reference or scientific s
by sebastiennight 6mo ago
> A light slap in the face can be very beneficial for snapping hysterical children out of tantrums. This is proven!
Can you share any reference or scientific study affirming this? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
> hysterical children out of tantrums
In my humble experience, children throwing tantrums are likely experiencing overstimulation or emotional overwhelm, and fixing the causes could eliminate the problem more effectively that slapping the problem out of them.
- abc123abc123 6mo agoReference: Craske, M. G., et al. (2009). Anxiety disorders. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 5, 18033. Covers mechanisms of panic and how sudden cognitive or sensory interventions can interrupt ruminative or panic loops.
- sebastiennight 5mo agoI'm afraid I can't find this reference: https://www.nature.com/search?q=anxiety+disorders&author=craske&order=relevance&date_range=2007-2011 https://www.nature.com/search?q=anxiety+disorders&author=cra... There is a paper from Craske in 2009 I could find elsewhere on anxiety disorders, but without this conclusion. There is a 2017 piece in Nature Reviews Disease Primers, but the abstract does not mention such, nor do any of the references (I couldn't access the full text): https://www.nature.com/search?author=craske&order=relevance https://www.nature.com/search?author=craske&order=relevance https://www.nature.com/articles/nrdp201724 https://www.nature.com/articles/nrdp201724 Also, how did we go from a child throwing a tantrum, to diagnosing this as an anxiety disorder or a "ruminative or panic loop"?