OCD + Social Anxiety

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My 19 y/o daughter was diagnosed in elementary school with OCD. She's been on a

low dose of prozac ever since and has had counseling sessions as needed but very

infrequently.

I've posted this all before, so I don't want to go through all the circumstance

again, but in the middle of her spring quarter of college she dropped out and,

for lack of a better word, ran away.

She's home now and has had two sessions with a doctor. I don't know what is

more scarey: Her running away or the way she is acting like NOTHING happened

now.

A large part of her problem is that she just does not make connections with kids

her own age. Her entire life, she has been great with adults and kids younger

than her. Put someone in her peer group with her (even cousins) and she just

can't connect. I used to think she was oblivious to it, but a big part of her

leaving college was that " nobody liked me and they were always judging me and

talking about me. " She has said that about complete strangers in restaurants

before, so I don't put a lot of stock in it.

Is this typical OCD behavior? I've witnessed kids her age asking her out and

she just clams up and gives yes/no answers. I've explained, very tactfully,

that she might be coming across as aloof or snobby. She'll look me in the eye

and tell me she didn't say any such thing and then proceed to give me what would

have been perfect responses to the situation. The trouble is, I was there and I

know that ISN'T what she had said. Has she convinced herself a different

conversation has taken place?

Since she's been home (8 days now) I've noticed 3 occasions where we tell her

something and she later claims we never said a word. Nothing serious. Things

like, " We will be leaving for dinner in five minutes. It's raining so you'll

need a coat. " She be looking us in the eye when we say it and even acknowlege

the direction. Five minutes later, we're waiting at the door to go and she's

eating a sandwich claiming we told her to fix her own dinner, that we were

staying in tonight.

I can understand a child or early teen being 'in their own world' but my

daughter is 19. Is this OCD related as well?