Thank you for your replies. I take one medication for for anxiety which I think is helping and I was referred to talking therapies but hey thought the best thing to do would be an online course but it didnt work. The thing is, I really don’t feel I can tell my family I think they just wouldn’t understand. I feel I really disappointed my dad today, but I just couldn’t tell him the real reasons that I couldn’t go out. I just can’t face people. Did you both feel better when you told your family, did they understand? I’ve cut myself off from nearly everyone over the past 6 months but I realise it is really not the best thing to do.

Thanks for your time,
Lucy.