A 7-year-old child brought by his father to your clinic,the child often express fear of being injured by a car accident during transport to school

(A). Generally anxiety classified to a pathological and non-pathological anxiety. In pathological form it is usually resulted in loss of function (Le. become disabling, interfering with social interactions, development, and achievement of goals or quality of life, and can lead to low self-esteem, social withdrawal, and academic underachievement) also can be associated with somatic symptoms such as weight loss, pallor, tachycardia, tremors, muscle cramps, paresthesias, hyperhidrosis, flushing, hyperreflexia, and abdominal tenderness. in this scenario the child never refuses to go to school or to ride the car, he had no somatic symptoms, good explanation and reassurance can end the problem