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Does anyone feel inferior when among a group of people? (Such as in a classroom setting)

I'm 20, a student who from next October will have been to 3 universities in 3 years, I have no summer job, I never go out and I ignore my friends when they call, and I'm a failure romantically who is still depressed over a girl who I was too avoidant to tell how I felt. I am scared to go to bed at night, because I don't want to be alone with my thoughts. ...

Thanks for the replies to my first post. I thought I'd share a little bit about my story. Even though my past is hard to write about, ignoring it isn't making my life any better.
(warning: some parts of my story has been described on other MH boards as possible "triggers")

Around 3 years ago I began having a lot of difficulties showing up to work. At that point I was 32 and had changed ...

İ am18 years old and want to get better..İ cant ımagıne my lıfe as beıng avoidant:(....İ want to be my self and be confidant!....i am consıderıng suıcıde and made plans too..Like takıng 500 very strong anti-depressants!..Or hang my self!...why?why?why?...why dıd ı have to be lıke thıs why!.....İ cannot live lıke thıs anymore sorry!....

Hello everyone:
This is my first post to this forum. One of the first threads I went to here was about the danger of self diagnosing. I've often fallen into that trap: thinking I have every mental disorder out there.

However, the symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder fit me to a T. I read articles about it and think "that's me." My whole life I've had no close friends, constanlty change jobs, few romantic relationships ...

Hi everyone,
I haven't posted on here with my usual neurotic complaint for a while because i've been so busy with exams.
My problem is I just can't handle them, the whole fear of failure thing is so acutely tied up in them that I end up doing much worse than my actual capabilities outside the exam room suggest.
It isn't just social situations anymore; i have this vague generalised anxiety dominating my entire life. ...

I've been wondering for a long time now if I should go to my doctor in order to have him send me to a psychologist.

I'm 18 years old and Avoidant Personality Disorder seems to fit me rather well. I'm convinced I have something, at least an anxiety disorder, but perhaps this.

While I can't say I don't have any friends, I do only have around 5 or so people that I would actually consider ...

Please excuse me, I have had a few tonight and I really just need to speak my mind...
You know what is a huge satisfying temporary cure for AvPD is to have one of those conversations with someone where you start with how the weather is outside and end up talking about something completely different 30 min later. My life definatly is lacking this type of interaction. But let me tell you, I talked with ...

When I transferred to a new school in Chicago last year, I stayed at a hostel a couple of weeks before classes started to look for an apartment. I found the place through the school's housing website that gave the sites of temporary housing. I had no idea, nor did I ever hear of a "hostel". I just thought for some reason it was cheaper option as opposed to a hotel.

The first few days ...

It's really embarassing. It doesn't even have to be that hot for me to break out in to an all out sweat, meaning my back soaked and my forehead wet. Right now the high's are around the low to mid-80's, and it bothers no one but me. In the mornings when I walk to class for just 10 minutes, I have to sit in the back to avoid getting caught.

I'm not overweight and I'm ...