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[quote=Anonymous]I've been pretty worried about my daughter for the past month or so. She's 15 and back in January, she and her friend auditioned for a summer theater program. About a month ago, she found out that the friend was accepted and will be attending while she was rejected. I went ahead and signed her up for a different theater program like we had discussed as her "back up" but my daughter has been very sad since. She has been spending way more time in her room, says "I don't care" to almost very question I ask her, and said that she was going to drop out of her school's spring play (she didn't drop out).  She also goes on these 30 minute crying spells where she is inconsolable. She also is saying she won't go to this other girl's sweet sixteen which is coming up in the beginning of June. I've tried to be really positive and encouraging but this feels beyond normal sadness and I have to admit I am wondering if she needs a therapist...she has always had some mild difficulty with disappointment when things don't go her way (for example, she didn't make a dance team she tried out for and cried about quitting dance for a day or so) but this feels extreme and I'm worried about her future- she has a lot more potential rejection ahead of her and I need to help her build some resilience! What tips do you have?[/quote]

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