Truth... what is the craziest thing...

I skipped lunch every day during my sophomore year of high school so that I could avoid people. Pretty hardcore, huh?

Quests wrote:- Cost myself a year of college, I stopped going to classes because I started having major anxiety attacks in morning during breakfast and had a small one in class, even though at the time I was a 3.0 student and was passing every course. I ended up dropping every course and the government took some of my financial aid and my scholarships away because I do not meet their min completion percentage. I could get it back but I would have to tell the people in my life about AvPD and social anxiety.

I did that too. Probably one of the worst things my mental issues have cost me thus far.

What troubles me more than the tangible time and money losses would be the lost opportunities. Friends I could have made, girls I could have dated, adventures I could have went on.

-I daydream to the point of sickness to substitute for real life since I have so little social interaction.
-Don't drink anymore, but used to abuse the crap out of alcohol (definitly a form of self-medication for me).
-Have had relationships with 2 total psychos/ drugaddicts/ abusers (This relates to being avoidant, cuz if -I wasn't this way I would have been more likely to meet and connect to normal guys.
-Have become so paranoid about people having evil intentions towards me that I react to the slightest little thing these days.

SaraShaw wrote:you have done because of your avoidant tendencys...

I went into therapy. Craziest thing ever.

OneLiner wrote:I went into therapy. Craziest thing ever.

HA!!! funny
Great responses all.