Really worried about daughter.

[sands42]

My younger daughter is 17, she is very quiet, doesn't have any friends and seems to be suffering from social anxiety.

She has always been quite shy but had a group of friends all through school. That is until the last year, they all fell out and for some reason she ended up with no one.
It's affected her so badly that saying just move on and find new friends doesn't work. She can't accept that people she was so close to and had known for over 10 years suddenley don't speak to her at all.

She dropped out of college and was at home for most of this year. We have even moved house for her to go to another college. She started there last week and already doesn't want to go.
She has become frightened of other people, very nervous and depressed. She seems to think a quiet person can't fit in in a world where everyone is so confident and full of themselves.
I am at a loss what to do.

[xmasevebundle]

Poor soul, has she been to the doctors?

She might find going to talk to someone about what happened before might help her a lot.

I think she might find it hard to accept it, almost griveing about her friends. Being in a group from having no-one.

She might also be very fearful of rejection from other people.

I had depression and became a recluse after my nan died and i didnt go to school and ruined my life almost, i did go talk to someone and i felt the weight off my shoulders.

Maybe girly nights in pizza, dvd, or something she enjoys together?

xx

[Perriwinkle]

Poor girl. She is struggling with coping with the change and loss of losing her friends who have been her whole world for years. It is true, it's like a bereavement in many ways. She has no one to talk to about the things that she would previously have automatically turned to them for help and support with. She must feel like she's lost her right arm. It's obviously affected her so badly that she's now experiencing a real deep-seated anxiety. I think she would benefit from some counselling and if she were my daughter I think I'd be encouraging her to talk about it to me and seeking some professional help to back me up - private if necessary as GPs can often be quite wishy-washy on these sorts of issues and really only offer a few sessions of chat with a resident counsellor attached to the surgery, which is often not of much help.