Robin Smith
No this is not just a stage your daughter is going through, what she feels is very real. I know that you think she has her whole life ahead of her and wonder why she feels this way but, please take this very seriously. I am not a parent but, I have been struggling with depression since my father died when I was 17, I am 39 now. This could be a clinical depression which can be kept under control through medication. Find someone who she can talk to, whom she feels safe talking to, someone who will listen. If a stranger is better, she can chat with me I am usually on my computer after 6 pm. Her fears and feelings are very real, don't treat them lightly.