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21 year old son has social anxiety

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Im new to this. Don't know if my 1st post went through. I have a 21 year old son with social anxiety, who will not get help at this time. I am looking for a social anxiety support group for parents, or someone with a similar situation, for advice.

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What city and country do you live in?

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We live in Rockland county New York

You could buy him some fish oil capsules and evening primrose oil capsules take 2 x 1000 mg of each per day

Also theanine helps some people

Drugs should be the last resort in my opinion

My daughter has the same it is worrying

As a parent you could take some training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and in turn teach him. Then again you both can do the therapy together or join a group that meets to discuss these therapies. They will help him manage and learn coping skills in social anxiety. I am currently going through it with my therapist in hospital settings. You can look up the names of these treatments to learn more. I can tell you as funky as it sounds it actually works. Just you got to use the skills taught and make it part of every day living just like working out at the gym. It takes training which means commitment but it's worth it for a healthier mind, body, and spirit.

On side note if you're successful it may also need to getting him on medication treatment via a psychiatrist which would definitely improve his success rate. I wish you luck on your journey to you and your son's mental health. If you'd like to private message me, feel free.

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Thanks for the advice.

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You are welcome. You're not alone dealing with family with Mental Health Illness. My sister had another psychotic episode, so spent this weekend dealing with the mess in her wake. It's tough, but got four other brothers involved. It's always an ongoing issue, but we're family it's what we do huh? :-)

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