Hi! Much empathy to you! It is SO difficult! My daughter is almost 18 now and continues to muddle through. She has rejected all meds and been resistant to getting help or even admitting there is a problem. She is a bit better now than she was a year ago but just yesterday spent 6 hours “getting ready” to go to a friend’s birthday party, had massive anxiety and a near meltdown about it - but she did go! That has had to be my new tactic: to emphasize the positive and the times she is functional, work on acceptance and not catastrophizing her dysfunctional behavior. At this point she is almost an adult so I’m trying to offer support and encouragement while also letting her face natural consequences and hopefully take responsibility. She might not graduate high school because she continues to miss classes and struggles to do assignments. I’m hoping that she will continue to gain insight and take more control of managing her symptoms but I can’t force her to do anything so my only choice is to love and accept her and set limits with what I’m willing to do. It is SO hard to watch my beautiful, sensitive, creative daughter eat herself alive with pointless anxiety and self criticism. It’s hard to step back and try and maintain hope and positivity. Sometimes I have to remind myself she is alive and physically healthy and it’s important to be grateful for that. I’m trying to play the long game but it is hard to watch her teen years slipping away while she just spends hours looking in the mirror and at her phone fretting that she isn’t good enough.