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[quote=Anonymous]I'm beginning to suspect that my 10 year old DD has some sort of social anxiety or maybe something more.  I'm lost about whether I'm making too much of behaviors that might be normal - but I also feel that I have suspected something might be wrong for a while.

She's 10 now and has always been willful and strong - translate basically defiant to me.  However, her defiance was usually confined to specific times in our home (getting ready for school, etc.).  Now, the defiance is seeping out into more public settings and it is embarrassing b/c I see other people taking note and, frankly, she looks odd and troubled when this happens.  She's a great kid, but I fear she's getting a bad rep when people observe these age-inappropriate behaviors.  Things like picking out clothes, brushing hair, tying the shoes are a struggle daily.  This school year, I feel like she is increasingly scattered: running around the house in the morning looking for papers, books, etc.  In addition, there seem to be a lot of social issues: complaining about the girls in her class, not having any strong friendship bonds, not wanting to re-join teams, clubs from last year, even the teacher didn't think my DD liked her at the beginning of the school year (my DD thought the teacher was great btw).

I watched her recently during a team activity and could see that she seemed really out of sorts socially.  For ex., if another teammate scored, the other girls hi-fived or backslapped whereas my daughter mumbled and looked mad (like she was annoyed the other girl got the point).  It seemed like she was really odd for lack of a better word.  It was sort of like a lightening bolt for me - like a realization that maybe all these little strange things are not disconnected events, but maybe part of some larger problem.

Does anyone have a DD with this type of social anxiety (or something else that sounds like this)?  I guess I worry that her social issues are turning into anger issues (maybe b/c she is old enough to feel the isolation/difference?  I don't know.  Any advice would be helpful.  Thank you.[/quote]

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