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[quote=Anonymous]I also grew up with a lot of social anxiety and I still avoid social situations that I am unfamiliar with. A bunch of friends wanted to meet at a winery and I declined because I don’t know what happens at a winery, and, I don’t drink.

I would definitely look into therapy, and I would also encourage her to do more for herself, but first talk through what might happen. She may think she doesn’t know the “rules” of the interaction. With GS cookies, point out that they are just kids and there is an adult there to cue everyone.

If you are doing things while you have her along, narrate what you are saying and why, like picking up a prescription. You give your name and show your prescription card, if they ask for it, but if they have you in their computer they may not ask. Then you may have to pay some money, and if you have a store card you show it then, and you answer yes or no about speaking to the pharmacist, and so forth.

People with anxiety like that don’t want to look stupid. Also, most people will forget the whole thing in two minutes, so she shouldn’t make herself the center of the world in others’ eyes.

I needed meds to dial down the anxiety in order to manage it, and teenage hormones don’t help.[/quote]

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