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[quote=Anonymous]Is her intense extracurricular an individual or group activity? I might rethink it if it were an individual activity- it could very well be a place where she feels safe and can hide from socializing, but it certainly wouldn’t help the social anxiety feedback loop she sounds locked into.

If her activity is a group activity, then it may also be time to pursue literally any other activity in addition to it. Something low-key is fine but she absolutely needs to find a morning, lunchtime, or after-school club that’s compatible with her other extracurricular and that meets on a regular basis. First week of sophomore year is a great time for a fresh start- if she’s at a big school no one will think it’s strange that they didn’t notice her and they’ll just assume they never overlapped in classes. Very feel people- probably none!-perceive her the negative way she does.

This is also a situation that has escalated to the point that a therapist who works with teens experiencing social anxiety would be so helpful. Or even a group therapy session sponsored by one. [/quote]

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