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im just gonna go ahead and moan & expose every disgusting detail about myself and my life at the moment-
nobody truly likes to hear about another person's self absorption but i have nobody else to speak to and feel ready to explode.
I think i am actually going crazy & my avpd is spiralling into other problems due to its binding nature.
Im becoming more & more neurotic about my appearance and about any ...

It seems as though I am learning to deal with avpd as I get older. Ihave pretty much had this disorder all my life,and it like I know how to control it and make it better. Now that I know all the symptoms of the disorder, I can go on the necessary steps to do something about it.

This is kind of hard to explain how I feel at the moment but I'll try. There were and are many times where I feel lost, and I know everyone at some time or another does, but this is beyond that. I recently realized that I am beyond lost, I am completely directionless. I not only have no idea where I'm going but also no idea what I'm doing. I seem to get by day ...

My mom is very critical of me. I think she expects me to be this perfect person, which is totally impossible. She also treats me like I am 12 years old.

Does anyone know what their MBTI type is?


I read that INFJ and INFP correlates with AvPD.


I'm INFJ, by the way.

I am always hearing abouting people going ot psychologist and psychiarists and taking meds, but everybody cannot afford to go to a psychologist or psychiarist, and insurance does not always cover these things. In my opinion, we should just change our mindsets and stop thinking so negatively about ourselves.

I was really shy as a child. I had one friend ,but she moved away and after that it went pretty much downhill from there. I could not seem to make another friend for the life on me. I had mostly associates i talked to ever once in a while, but most of the time, they iniated the conversation. I am a person who mostly likes to listen to what people have to say and ...

I was wandering if a Avpd can get a disability check. I don't want to get a disability check, but that is one of my greatest fears.

I have no luck finding a job. I guess it is because of my avpd tendencies.

Greetings everyone. I'm new to the forum and I apologize for starting a new thread right off the bat. I've done a lot of internet research over the past few months in between attempts at treatment with my different therapists and psychiatrists. Though I've been seeing people about my conditions off and on for about two years now, I'm pretty sure I haven't even gotten a decent diagnosis, much less any helpful treatment.

I'm almost ...