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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidant_personality_disorder
anyone else think they have it or know they have it?
after reading that i'm almost certain i have that "disorder", or at least some mild form of it. it's really not that i'm shy...it'sthat i'm scared of social rejection it seems like. if i trust someone enough i do tend to open up and talk a lot more, but because of my fear i get thefeeling that some people view me as antisocial when it's far from the case (because they never got to know me close enough). and also sometimes when i talkto people i tend to really downplay my accomplishments leading me to believe others might think i'm stuck-up
i actually really enjoy being social in theright situations and i can actually turn pretty talkative if i'm comfortable, but because i fear that i'm not good enough for them, i just can'tget myself to do some tasks, like talking to a girl sitting in front of me in a lecture hall. but with people i trust or people i don't think are"above" me in the social ladder i'm more cool with being myself.
anyone else think they have it or know they have it?
after reading that i'm almost certain i have that "disorder", or at least some mild form of it. it's really not that i'm shy...it'sthat i'm scared of social rejection it seems like. if i trust someone enough i do tend to open up and talk a lot more, but because of my fear i get thefeeling that some people view me as antisocial when it's far from the case (because they never got to know me close enough). and also sometimes when i talkto people i tend to really downplay my accomplishments leading me to believe others might think i'm stuck-up