Avoidant Personality Disorder?

[acidicality]

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.

 

[cekpethobce]

Originally Posted by jplikejayz

co-sign with everything you said

same here

 

[jplikejayz]

co-sign with everything you said

 

[killaotaku]

i think my brother has that disorder.

 

[shinobi916]

My brother definetly has that problem. Hes getting so overweight its ridicolous. Just stays inside and surf asian porn all day.

 

[abortionportion15]

i think i have a very mildy form of it, when im in public i think that someone might be saying something bad about me

 

[datznasty]

I got it. What's worse is the whole awkwardness of seeing someone who you know, or maybe know their name but don't quite know, or have just playedbasketball with before and recognize from that occasion, and deciding the appropriate greeting or aknowledgement for the situation based on the level of howmuch you know the person. It's like do I just head nod, do I say wassup and head knod, do I go get a dap, should I cold shoulder, what? I usually coldshoulder or act like I'm messing with my cell phone and avoid eye contact. Then you have people who are the opposite and they were behind you in line atWal Mart one time 2 yrs ago and you had a quick conversation about something and next time you see them, they want to run from all the way across the damn wayand get a dap, ask you what you're up to now, and little smalltalk and #@!!. I'm like!+#%@# I don't know you

 

[raburns04]

man, everything's a disorder now! i think i have this, though. seriously. i have friends from home i've known 20+ years and we're cool, and i lovemeeting new people. but there's something about people i've known for more than a week and less than 20 years that freaks me out a bit. avoid 'emlike the plague.

 

[datznasty]

Yea, cell phones are golden for us. Before these superphones, I used to have to like pull out my checkbook or wallet and pretend like I'm balancing mycheckbook in my head while walking through the mall; like people really fell for that one.

 

[bkzkurse]

Im a psych major at school right now


...guaranteed most of you don't have it.

 

[acidicality]

Originally Posted by bkzkurse

Im a psych major at school right now


...guaranteed most of you don't have it.

then what do we have then? to me it seems like most (if not all) of the description matches what i feel mostly. maybe i have a slight strand of it orsomething but what is it?

 

[cucumbercool]

i would like to say that but its quite possibly i'm just the average shy guy. either way practice what you are going to say to say...a new person and oneday u may have courage enough to speak out loud

 

[dyyhard]

good thing you have the internet...

 

[yamakazi18]

if you look at the history of psychiatric diseases it's a bunch of shenanigans. sure there are real disorders, but nowadays it's a giant money makingmachine, i'd *almost* equate it to scientology. these days they give kids medicine to stop tapping their legs, as well as for a bunch of other uselessthings. smh. look up ben rush, the founder of psychiatry, you'll see some of the messed up things he did in the name of psychiatry. God forbid we havepersonalities and differences, and acting a bit "abnormal" will have a psychiatrist putting you in the category for "diseased" faster thanyou can say help.

 

[abortionportion15]

Originally Posted by DatZNasty

I got it. What's worse is the whole awkwardness of seeing someone who you know, or maybe know their name but don't quite know, or have just played basketball with before and recognize from that occasion, and deciding the appropriate greeting or aknowledgement for the situation based on the level of how much you know the person. It's like do I just head nod, do I say wassup and head knod, do I go get a dap, should I cold shoulder, what? I usually cold shoulder or act like I'm messing with my cell phone and avoid eye contact. Then you have people who are the opposite and they were behind you in line at Wal Mart one time 2 yrs ago and you had a quick conversation about something and next time you see them, they want to run from all the way across the damn way and get a dap, ask you what you're up to now, and little smalltalk and #@!!. I'm like!+#%@# I don't know you

thats the freakin truth maybe its my culture, ill see an adult like an uncle and its the most akward convo cause they know my whole bio and i dont evenknow there name

 

[shoefreak14]

This is kinda how I am

 

[mytmouse76]

Originally Posted by acidicality

Originally Posted by bkzkurse

Im a psych major at school right now


...guaranteed most of you don't have it.

then what do we have then? to me it seems like most (if not all) of the description matches what i feel mostly. maybe i have a slight strand of it or something but what is it?

just cuz you don't talk to the girl in front of you doesn't mean you have a disorder...you could just be shy...besides you're not meant totalk to everyone...alot of people don't talk to everyone...doesn't mean they have some type of social disorder...they just don't talk to peoplethey don't know...more than likely you're just shy and can't strike up a random convo...alot of people are like that...

 

[jtothadub]

i get this feeling sometimes. i don't think i have a "disorder" tho...

 

[tupac jordan]

Only if she's ugly.

 

[acidicality]

yea maybe i don't actually have this but at least it feels that way sometimes...and yeah i guess i'm just shyer than the average

 

[ghettokrnxxx]

Word i think i have it

Cuz in campus if i know someone , i usually look the other way or just look at the ground and keep walking..

And i really fear that mostly everything about humans...

I do have girlfriend, and few friends i could trust .. but i definitely have this.

 

[strickroth p]

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co-sign with everything you said

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I usually cold shoulder or act like I'm messing with my cell phone and avoid contact.

whoa that's EXACTLY what i do too. when i pass by someone i know on campus, sometimes i'll start fiddling with my phone for no reason

 

[vandalshark]

some of you are probably just anti social to a certain degree, dont know about it being a disorder though. i also noticed that a lot of filipinos i'veworked with are like this. i swear most of them would not even look at you unless you speak their language.

 

[acidicality]

^nah. as i said in my OP it's NOT being antisocial. i enjoy socializing, by all means. but the fear of others saying bad things or getting a bad impressionis what CAUSES people to maybe misunderstand me as being antisocial.

 

[mf doomer]

That disorder sucks.