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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you to all of you who said "hang in there" and who gave suggestions.  I will try some and, if they don't help, will look into therapy. She has been begging for a puppy but I fear that could go very wrong!  I realize now she had several friends who ate lunch with her, sat with her in class, invited her to birthday parties, etc. but she does not seem to have close friends who actually miss seeing her.  It is sad.  She's embarrassed to initiate.

I agree that just saying 'suck it up' does not make your child more resilient. She loved school because she does better with a schedule, goals and a to-do list.  That doesn't mean she is weak.  I'm finding it hard to convince/persuade/direct her to do things. Her middle school sibling is doing fine and is active and involved.

To the posters whose teens are in a facility or who are in crisis I'm sending you positive thoughts and wish you the best.[/quote]

Hi OP.. I'm a new poster to this thread. You have said several things that make me wonder if your daughter has an undiagnosed issue such as ADHD... something that would make socializing/ social skills more of a challenge for her
 When you said she would not do things with the family or take up different interests,  I was thinking very much that girls with ADHD are just like this..they are afraid to try new things, you must put your foot down and demand that they do them and stick with them.. and then when you mentioned being age 16 with no close friends I decided to chime in.
So I hope you will have a consultation with a neuropsychologist about your daughter.  Normal therapists are not qualified to make diagnosis.

You might also want to join a community group as a family and insist that she go along. This might be a church, a charity group, scouting,  whatever but she needs some greater community around her and of which she would be part of.[/quote]

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