News of Avoidant Personality Disorder Forum

so, i was supposed to start a new school today, with new people and so on. i was pretty psyched about it yesterday, feeling that i definitely could go through with this.

with only 10 minutes left to go i started feeling how the room got smaller, i watched the clock and just prayed for it to stop. my mom entered and said it was time for me to go, i just totally froze, i ...

I've always been an insomniac. It usually takes more than 5 hours before I fall asleep, if I fall asleep at all. Often I sleep every other night or so for weeks.
What I noticed is that my defenses sort of weaken the longer I stay awake, and worry less about things. I talk and smile a lot more. I can say stupid things and not care about them. I can do things. I no ...

İts obvious and very clear that i suffer from avoidant however psychologists dont say that.....İ have symptoms of schizoid too!...and i was wondering if this is result from avpd?........Like i am 18 years old and i am tired of feeling like this and i just dont want to socialize anymore like i dont enjoy while i am with other people.ç.İf i dont feel like my self and be confident how can i enjoy being there?..i ...

Hi,

I've been here several times without responding. Sometimes I have to resist to respond, because I think I have to introduce myself first. It would be somewhat awkward to respond without a proper introduction.

So... Hi! I'm Juhr.

I think I have a Avoidant Personality Disorder. I'm quite sure about that. I knew it the moment I read about this at Wikipedia. I asked 2 professional psychiatrists I see often and both seems to ...

Does anyone experience anger? That is, the feeling that it isn't fair to have this disorder. Why does it seem so easy for others to be social and yet so impossible for me?

I just came back from a driving session with my teacher John and I am absolutely devastated. We drove through a city and I felt boxed in. There are so many cars around, the car behind me always made me worry the most. I always felt with the driver behind me that I'm driving too slow but with John on the front seat I felt like I'm going too fast at the same time. Its ...

hi, im a new guy. im not new to what we are dealing with,
just new to this site and our people.

i have known about avpd for years, been quietly, privatly
considering schizoid, avpd, and schizophrenia, thank god
im only avpd. im not schizoprenic (as one psyche said)

anyway, i posted my first comment a week ago
and i thought, not bad, i wasnt great as a newbie but.
thought the points got across,... ...

Bad news, bad day. I started a new job a few weeks ago, it pays decently and has the potential to advance me greatly in my chosen career, unlike previous jobs which were kind of dead-end. The bad news is, my lack of social skills is getting me into hot, hot water.

I'm okay with the customers, our encounters are brief enough. What I do have a lot of trouble with are the workers. I ...

To start with I do understand that only a professional can diagnose other people correctly, but I just need your opinion... Also sorry for any language mistakes, English is not my first language.

Is that possible to have avoidant personality without having social phobia? I'm not afraid of people, meeting people, seeing people in public places etc I'm just very reserved with other people. I'm not sure if that's just shyness or avoidant personality, but ...

İ dont feel well ....i feel depressed very depressed!....İ dont want to go out or soon school will start ! i dont want to go to school...İ will soon start to theraphy!......