Hi,
I apologize in advance if this might sound questionable. I may sound agitated or like a self-pitying idiot, but I'm full of very strong emotions right now. But, I thought I just had to get this off my chest, before it explodes.
I haven't been diagnosed with AvPD yet, but most of the symptoms described of AvPD fit my personality pretty well.
Most of the time I thought I'd be schizoid, because I was never bothered by my solitairy lifestyle, lack of relationships, lack of emotional connection to family and friends, social isolation and generally my reduced affect. I was not interested in socializing. I was never interested in having a girlfriend (no interest, don't really understand the concept of relationships, unable to share intimate feelings, not able to build an emotional connection, incredibly insecure and introverted, BDD), I was never interested in going to a party, making friends or engaging in an activity that involves social interaction. I totally accepted being different and an 'outcast'. I was fine with it, I was happy. Atleast I thought so.
But things have changed a little.
Let me tell you about my anxiety. From my anxiety, that is stronger than what most people experience, emerged a personality that is avoidant, sociophobic, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid and hypochondriac. From these issues I developed a severe panic disorder, that isn't as strong as it used to be though, luckily.
So these factors might have caused the isolation and maybe I suppressed strong feelings like frustration, sadness, anger and loneliness for all these years.
I also think I suffer from bipolar disorder, right now I'm experiencing a phase of severe depression, horrible moodswings and sometimes mixed states ((hypo)mania + depression), that induce very dark intrusive thoughts and grim fantasies. I have felt this way for months now (and several times in my life already, right after feeling the exact opposite, hence the 'self-diagnosis') and it gets worse and worse.
I don't know if you experienced this, but with the depression + that avoidant lifestyle comes a pattern of extreme sexual frustration that has gotten decreasingly more severe with more time passing. I almost can't take it. I developed a hositility towards everyone in my agegroup who is sexually active (atleast I think they are, I'm 19). With that, come feelings of envy, frustration, rage and sadness when I look at males in my age (I'm male). I used to laugh at these arrogant pricks, thinking I was better than them. The group of girls I'm interested right now has changed as a consequence of this 'envy'.
I'm now more interested in younger girls from the age of 11-15. There is one girl I think I actually fell in love with..(she's about 14/15)
The reason for this is clear. They're innocent, not like girls in my age. They're not going out partying (maybe they do, but it's different), having sex, smoking weed, being ambitious and thinking they have successful careers ahead of them and acting like arrogant a**holes because of it.
I know that this is overcompensation for some of the feelings I described above, but I can't do anything about it. I'm full of rage and frustration, and there is absolutely no way for it to go. And please don't tell me to go to the gym, that is not going to happen. If you don't know why, read this text again, thanks.
When will this end? It's tormenting me. My self-esteem is shrinking lower and lower and I have no idea how low it can still go..
Have you made these experiences? I hate this f**king sh**!