http://www.adaa.org/GettingHelp/FocusOn/Children&Adolescents.asp "Although children experience the symptoms of anxiety in much the same way as adults do, children display and react to those symptoms differently. This can lead to difficulties in diagnosis. It can also be difficult to determine whether a child's behaviour is "just a phase," or whether it constitutes a disorder." Definitely best to tell the Original poster that they may/may not have anxiety disorder, when their symptoms might be a once off thing (in the case of S.A.D, symptoms have to persist for 6 months). Are you a Doctor, what makes you think you know more then this about me? Also if you bothered to read my posts you would realise that I have some form of S.A.D. i never said that i know more then you, but that type of thought is proved in my post, it proves that you think you know more then everything else. mabye i know nothing either, but thinking your the best is not thinking. also please respond to my medatation as a form of treatment response in defence of kryptic. as for S.A.D, and he did not describe any symptoms of depression, in any form. and and like i said both children AND adults have OCD, which is a similar symptom. but his symptoms are serious, very serious. go watch The Avatior, howard hughes's symptoms were very serious, much like this person. btw i have one of howard hughes's symptoms of ocd: i wash my hands frequently. but lets not argue about helping someone, there are many ways too, but do not deny someon elses post because you think yours is supreme. this is a forum, and the point is to vocie opinions, which are not facts and cannot be proved wrong. this guy needs all the help he can get :D