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Not left the house for 3 Years please help

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mike70833
mike70833

Hi my son suffers from social anxiety disorder and Depression he has not left the house in the last three years. He is now 22, the problem started when he was 15, he refused to go to school. Up to the age of 18 he was supported by having CBT and someone to visit to take him out. Once he reached 18 this changed and the level of support dropped. My son has gone from a happy chap looking forward to the future to a total recluse unable to leave the house. What can I do? Can you advise suggest any help?

I believe that if I do nothing he will not improve and will remain in his room. 

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    reece04820 mike70833

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    Sometimes they don't leave their room because they find it easier to talk to people online and that is sometimes due to anxiety, I think I have anxiety and most times I find it easier to just sit in my room on my laptop than go out and face crowds of people I know nothing about and don't know how to talk to them... I'm absolutely sure I have social anxiety and it's debilitating in crowds 'cause it only makes you feel more alienated than you already do which as you'd expect could make matters worse... I think he could use a therapist, somebody he can go to and basically pour his heart out to, somebody to offload all of his troubles on and genuinely listen to his problems...
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