News of Avoidant Personality Disorder Forum

How do you deal? You know feeling bad about yourself that day, and having other people stare at you a lot and looking at you a certain way, and anxiously judging the situation to think they're making fun of you.

Lets put out heads together to get over this.

My avoidant bf of 2.5 years and I (anxious) recently broke up 3 weeks ago. We have struggled with classic anxious avoidant issues during our entire relationship, in addition to being long distance. He finally broke up with me unilaterally (even though we planned to discuss the state of our relationship the day he did it) and refused to discuss it with me. The next day I desperately texted him asking to talk and asking ...

Hello!
I'm new here, I'm so glad I found this forum. English in not my mother tongue, but I'm trying my best. :)
So, I'm not diagnosed, but I have most of the "symptoms", and I really believe this is it, since few years ago when I first read about avpd.
Well, I'm not sociable at all, I'm very shy around people I don't know. So the ...

If they’re not making me anxious they’re pissing me off because they’re so frikkin happy and normal.

Anybody else experience this?

I am 39 years old. From about the age of 12 or so I began having extremely debilitating anxiety. It peaked at about the age of 17 until about 28. I had horrible acne and I had a lot of cognitive dissonance for a long, long time, so nothing.. nothing ever worked out; from asking women out for dates, to working. I feel I am on the mend to a large extent, as my cognitive ...

I got diagnosed with AvPD today and I honestly feel really surprised. I thought no one would ever understand, that I'm an idiot for craving friendships and connections I will never be able to establish without tremendous amounts of help and will struggle to keep in contact with people even though I so badly want to. That I'm being overly dramatic for getting an anxiety attack before meeting friends I've subconsciously pushed away, that I'm ...

Hello everyone,

I wanted to write a quick introduction to you all. I've been intending to post an intro. on this forum for a couple of years. But somehow I've always managed to talk myself out of it... (Anyone else been here?)
I've read several posts on here I can really relate to.
So here goes:

Hello!

I'm 38 years old, male and I live in Scotland. I've recently returned to working in mental health ...

Hi all (*waves*)

I'm seeing a drug counsellor by mistake. He recently asked me if I had a personality disorder. I came across a few definitions of "Avoidant Personality Disorder" and yep -- that's me.

I suffered a bereavement close to a decade ago and had a bit of a "breakdown". I inherited enough money to take some time off... but I couldn't function. I was tempted to blow a load of money on residential ...

Is it possible to be an Avoidant yet still be incredibly outgoing with strangers? As if releasing all the angst and being yourself for a bit then running off as soon as it gets uncomfortable?

Hi,
I'm 19 years know and probably one of the most socially awkward people I know. Something that haunts me from my past was being to shy to call 911. I've run away from people asking my name. I've had to get a close friend to ask the teacher to go to the bathroom for me.

I'm in college today, and I basically have no friends. I'm too shy to talk to my roommate. I ...