A resident, who’s struggled with anxiety herself, is hoping to spread her knowledge to help others.

Barbara Brass, who works with the Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba, is hosting an information session for parents, so they can help their anxious child.

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems:

"Anxiety is a fear of something that’s going to happen in the future, and it’s almost like a dreaded fear. Say if you’re going to start school, you’re gonna have that fear of getting to school. Well of course the child that doesn’t have anxiety will welcome the chance to meet new friends, put new clothes on, but the child with anxiety will have that doomed fear that they don’t know what’s going to happen".

The session will be at the Futures Resource Centre, tomorrow at 1pm.

Brass hopes the event will help children facing anxiety.