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I dont know about a genetic theory of personality but I can relate to a fascination with non-empathic personalities. I think a lot of Avoidant behaviour can boil down to a fear of anger. Anger is something I am definitely afraid to express or even let myself feel. I now know when its lurking because I have 'symptoms' that I have learned to recognize - one of which is a surge in this fascination with ...

As if graduation wasn't stressful enough, I told my family that I wanted a *very* small celebration (as in, my one friend and my parents, that's *all*) because I didn't want to be burned out further after finals. Know what they did? They invited EVERY F*#&ING PERSON THEY'VE EVER KNOWN, every relative on the face of the earth, the neighbors, even my freakin' elementary school teachers- WTF?!?!?! Now they're all happy and smiley about "my" ...

Hello all, I`ve recently been thinking about a problem I have that may or may not be related to avpd.
I`m quite bright, but I`ve always struggled with practical tasks, usually when someone else is watching me. A few weeks ago, for example, I was almost defeated by a lock on a supermarket trolley! I became flustered when I realised someone was watching me and my brain just switched off. I`ve had incidents like this ...

Alright I feel stupid and inept for asking about this. I know it is not an avoidant topic but I don't want to post this anywhere else.

Anyone have a problem with their private messages.? I have had, or though I have had a few in the past. In the top it says "You have 1 new message". I get the email saying I have a new message. Yet when I log in and then ...

Anyone who has been here long enough knows how much I recommend REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy). It has helped me phenomenally, along with other things of course.

At the core of REBT (as I understand it) is Unconditional Self-Acceptance. This means not rating oneself at all. Accepting oneself unconditionally completely apart from what we do or do not do. Because we are complex, unique individuals, it is impossible to come up with an accurate ...

Hello everyone,

I've just joined the forums and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a male, 23 years of age, who suffers from AvPD. No psychologist has actually diagnosed me, but I'm pretty sure I fit the criteria. Even if I did not have AvPd, I know I have some form of PD.

These are some of the 'symptoms' I have:

Loneliness: since I was a teenager. I never hanged out with anyone in particular at ...

I would like to invite you all to join us in the official Second Slowest chatroom of the Internet.

Its a chatroom for Avoidants, its great to be able to log on and talk to people who can understand you whenever you feel the need to, and with this particular room being inhabited by avoidants nobody will think twice when it takes an absurdly large amount of time to write a 5 words sentence ...

Hi everyone, my life is a mess. :(

I am 16 year old and I live in the UK. I have completely isolated myself from everyone. I don't have any friends, so I never go out. I finished school without passing any of my exams so I don't go to college. I spend 95% of the time on my own in my room.

I rarely speak to ...

I hate getting my photo taken. I hate being the centre of attention and it makes me feel really uncomfortable, like I am being violated or something.

How do you feel?

I visited a new friend recently for the first time. There were a few other guests (who I know fairly well, but am not particularly close to), and we had a very casual dinner and movie night.

I found myself feeling very alien, a foreigner and an outsider. My chest and throat were tightened with anxiety all evening.

I felt awkward, like I talked at the wrong time, interrupted and then remained uncomfortably silent while ...