There's a difference between social awkwardness and social anxiety. If she's sniffing peppers to stop people from talking to her, it's more than likely anxiety, in which case, forcing her out to social events could very likely send her into panic attack, which depending on severity, could put her in hospital.

I have social anxiety too, I should have specified that in my response, I'm not saying its full proof, its just how I got over some of my social anxiety. I can't stand crowds and I become very aggressive and panicked in crowds, which is why my friend goes everywhere with me. I can't go to public bathrooms because I can't use it if other people are in the bathroom, I can't even make eye contact and other stuff. I've taken therapy for it for years.

I almost go into a panic attack just trying to place my order at a fast food restaurant. If someone forced me to go out where a bunch of people are I would never speak to them again.

#24, I'm just sharing how that has helped me because therapy hasn't helped me. I guess it really just depends on how bad your social anxiety is and the fact that I live in a small town means when me and my friend goes to places there's not 100 people there.

My dad doing this to me is one of the significant reasons why my social anxiety is so out of control these days. You should never force someone into something like that. Take her to a therapist where the therapist can recommend for her to do little things at a time to overcome her social anxiety. Let her take controlled, safe steps to get better.

I don't want help with my condition. In my opinion 99% of the population aren't worth bothering with and I hate the other 1% lol.

I think maybe the key is support rather than force, encourage her and help her feel safe in a social setting - arm her with coping methods to deal with it. Forcing her is just setting her up to fail, which will obliterate her self-confidence.

#63, I didn't mean like mean forcing her. I suppose I should've been more specific in my comment, I apologize. The way my friend does it is that he'll tell me about it, what we'd be doing and assuring me if I get uncomfortable I can just ask him to leave, but he tales me weather or not I want to go at first.

#36 Social anxiety isn't something that you can switch off whenever you want to. Just because the fear doesn't seem rational to someone who doesn't suffer from it, doesn't mean that it isn't a huge deal to the person who does. It takes time to get it under control.

I would say the OP definitely fails at being a parent, since instead of helping her daughter's obvious social anxiety issue, she's claiming said daughter 'fails at life' and is publicly shaming her. Talk to your daughter OP, don't be an asshole about it, anxiety can be a very serious condition, your daughter deserves support not mockery.

#14 you're an asshole

Your inability to understand what it feels like to have social anxiety doesn't make her weird.

I agree with you, 15 Except for the F her daughter's life. Her daughter can't help it, she obviously needs help as does the OP.

I just say f her life because of the way her mother seems to be mocking her anxiety. Yes this is a strange thing to do but her mom should take it as a reason to help her, not post about it on the internet...i dont mean to get so fired up about something that shouldn't affect me...i just have been mocked about my anxiety and couldnt imagine having my parent assume I was a failure because of it :/

Well? How are you supposed to get ahead anywhere if you don't talk to anyone in the workplace, regardless of where you earn your paycheck? If it's that bad to the point where you're a literal shut-in, I have news for you…

I myself am not a shut in but i have issues with meeting people, i get the most panicked feeling when I have too. My parents helped me through it. Like i said, I'm sorry i got fired up, it just grinds my gears that she referes to her daughter as a failure. When i was young my parents actually contributed alot to it....as theyd get mad if i talked too much or got excited about what i talk about. Even when people start talking to me first, i have this fear that they regret interacting with me. Now that I'm older, my parents encourage me to get out there and try. Maybe OP has tried to help her daughter, i dont really know, the user name just got to me. My first comment was moderated for a reason, i got fired up and was disrespectful. I'm sorry to any who disagree, this one just kinda hit me hard.

To the FML staff..i notice my comment isn't moderated anymore, don't know if you guys will see this, but my apologies. I know we aren't supposed to insult eachother on here, just got carried away. Thanks for fixing it

No big deal, you're cool and polite about it. Though the whole thing could be a lot more light-hearted than you think - not every FML's situation is dead serious.

Yeah, As far as i know OP and her daughter could have had a laugh about the whole thing. I just kinda took it a little too hard

People still ask me if I "sneezed or cough??" It happens lol

Sometimes I have to ask people if it was a cough or a sneeze because I get so anxious that I'm not being polite by not saying bless you

I deffinatly agree with you. Plus her user name says my daughter fails at life. I really don't think having that kind of mentality around your daughter would be helpful in any way. She could be making a cry for help and all her mom is doing is making fun of her.

No-one says "Bless you" when you cough

And people usually think you're sick if you cough so it makes them reluctant to hang around.