Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety By: Kalman Heller | Dec 3rd 2006 - In recent months I happened to work with a number of elementary-age children who had developed anxiety symptoms such as resistance to separation, excessive worrying, nightmares, restricted activity, and meltdowns."' They were all very bright, creative children who engaged in a lot of fantasy play and were described by their parents as very sensitive. While excessive anxiety is not limited to this cohort of personality factors, I do believe that they represent a majority of th... Tags:advice, children, anxiety