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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 739720" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>Drew I am sorry your daughter is having such a tough time. She’s still very young. It’s a tough transition to adulthood for some. </p><p></p><p>I’m wondering if there are ways you can help make her feel more in control, and give her more options to choose from? Not everyone has to go to college right away -or at all. Maybe she needs to spend some time working before she decides what she wants to do. Maybe a community college or trade school would be less overwhelming. Do you know why she stopped seeing her psychiatrist? Do you think she might be more likely to go if you told her she could choose a new one and put her in chanrge of that? </p><p></p><p>Have you given her any timelines or ultimatums? E.g. you can go to school or work, but you have to do one or the other by x date? </p><p></p><p>It sounds like she’s having a lot of anxiety that she making it hard - but the longer she gives in to that anxiety the harder it will be. (I know this first hand.) A wise person once told me ‘the antidote to anxiety is action.’ I’ve held onto that and it has spurred me to keep moving forward even when I felt paralyzed. </p><p></p><p>Are there things that motivate her that could be used as levers?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 739720, member: 23349"] Drew I am sorry your daughter is having such a tough time. She’s still very young. It’s a tough transition to adulthood for some. I’m wondering if there are ways you can help make her feel more in control, and give her more options to choose from? Not everyone has to go to college right away -or at all. Maybe she needs to spend some time working before she decides what she wants to do. Maybe a community college or trade school would be less overwhelming. Do you know why she stopped seeing her psychiatrist? Do you think she might be more likely to go if you told her she could choose a new one and put her in chanrge of that? Have you given her any timelines or ultimatums? E.g. you can go to school or work, but you have to do one or the other by x date? It sounds like she’s having a lot of anxiety that she making it hard - but the longer she gives in to that anxiety the harder it will be. (I know this first hand.) A wise person once told me ‘the antidote to anxiety is action.’ I’ve held onto that and it has spurred me to keep moving forward even when I felt paralyzed. Are there things that motivate her that could be used as levers? [/QUOTE]
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