Earthcircle
Well-known member
In my opinion, I have avoidant personality -- although I have been diagnosed with just about everything. But the only diagnosis that makes much sense is my self-diagnosis of avoidant personality.
Now, I am sick and tired of all the CBT, ACT, psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, human givens, narrative therapy, meditation, SNRIs, MAOIs, SSRIs, benzodiazepines, and neuroleptics. Nothing has helped me with avoidance, even though I feel some kind of peer pressure to lie and say that something "has helped." No, in fact, nothing has helped. I am so sick of all of it, and so old -- I recently turned 50 -- that I am beginning to wonder why avoidant people can't just do something obvious to correct their condition. I am running out of time, and I want this to stop.
Could we overcome our avoidance by reading Dale Carnegie? This is not a joke or a rhetorical question. I would really like to know from someone who has read Carnegie -- I haven't -- whether they think this would be a good idea or not. I have had enough BS. I want something that works. Might this be the ticket?
Now, I am sick and tired of all the CBT, ACT, psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, human givens, narrative therapy, meditation, SNRIs, MAOIs, SSRIs, benzodiazepines, and neuroleptics. Nothing has helped me with avoidance, even though I feel some kind of peer pressure to lie and say that something "has helped." No, in fact, nothing has helped. I am so sick of all of it, and so old -- I recently turned 50 -- that I am beginning to wonder why avoidant people can't just do something obvious to correct their condition. I am running out of time, and I want this to stop.
Could we overcome our avoidance by reading Dale Carnegie? This is not a joke or a rhetorical question. I would really like to know from someone who has read Carnegie -- I haven't -- whether they think this would be a good idea or not. I have had enough BS. I want something that works. Might this be the ticket?