I have been harshly sad about our daughter! She has constantly experienced social anxiety throughout her life… While she had several friends when she was younger, she just drifted apart from people.
She got to the point where she didn’t want to hang out with anybody. Even when she would have friends call her up to hang out, she never had any interest. She just wanted to stay at house and relax with the window device laboring in her room, however occasionally I wondered if it was my fault for buying her that window unit, however i thought maybe it gave her too much incentive to stay at house in her room, but I figured that couldn’t be the reason. I had a talk with her one day about it and she told myself and others about her social anxiety and how she didn’t entirely think comfortable hanging out with people. She said that she felt kind of depressed because of the way she is, and she didn’t suppose what to do about her problem. I asked her if she wanted to see a psychiatrist, however she said that is only for deranged people. I told her that wasn’t necessarily the case, however she declined and said she didn’t want to do that. I mostly just deliver her space, but I do ask her if she wants to go out and do things. Occasionally she’ll go to the beach with myself and others or to a diner, however she never wants to spend too much time going out locales. She constantly wants to go back to the comfort of her air conditioner. I hope that eventually she is able to make friends again and do something fun in life.