Our daughter is a university student and been home since March due to lock down. I am looking for some supportive advice on how to help her please. We had never been aware she was experiencing anxiety, but it is likely she has been trying to manage it alone for the last couple of years when at uni. In June, she became overtly anxious and agitated, she was clearly scared. It turned out she was not wanting to sleep due to being scared something awful would happen. We cpntacted the local NHS helpline who talked to her and referred her for talking therapy, we arranged a telephone GP appointment, where she declined medication and slept on the floor of her bedroom, for nearly 2 weeks to ensure she felt safe. With better sleep she became less distressed, but was having intrusive thoughts . She did then opt for some medication as well as choosing private counselling we had found, instead of waiting for NHS sessions. However, a few days after all this commenced, she declined the counselling. She wanted to stop the medication, but agreed to taking half the dose until they run out ( the tablets are only a low dose to get her used to them). She is clearly still troubled, can laugh inappropriately at times and be angry. Initially when this happened she stopped using social media and left her phone and computer with us voluntarily at night. She now is glued to her phone again. She is refusing to talk to us or acknowledge there is a problem, but she is clearly unwell. At times she implies we know what the problem is but won't tell her, we haven't a clue what she is referring to. We are at a loss to help, she won't access professional help or use any self help measures recommended. We are concerned how she will manage when she goes back to uni. Sorry for the long post, but if anyone has experience of this and advice of how to help, I would be grateful