Wow that is how I am, and it does kind of suck! It's not fair--to the other person.
Yes, this is the sad part. We're hurting other people and we do this deliberatly. I'm going to stop this with my next gf, i'm going to pick one i actually like in the beggining, and zolpidem thartrate will do the rest for me on the first dates.
I'm curious if anyone still has that article? I have been interested in trying to better discriminate the differences as well. I don't know if others are interested in studies but this was also interesting to me...
I know that depression and introversion are HUGE for me and I'm guessing others are in the same boat..
Also, the quote from the other article regarding fear of intimacy in AvP is fitting for me as well... My husband and I have been a couple for 11 years and married for almost 5 and it's STILL hard for me to talk to him about my emotions... I was wishing I could ***** daily for about 5 months this past winter before even admitting to him that I was depressed (and it probably would have taken longer except that I had started meds and he started questioning me). Or if I get mad at him for not helping with something or whatever I'll generally just get all pissed but not say anything to him. Also, meeting new people is often intimidating to me, but it's when they get closer and I feel them trying to get inside my head that I really loose it.
I went to a therepist for a few months about...2 years ago?? and she diagnosed me with social anxiety. I got on paxil for a while and that seemed to help. Then I turned 21 and got kicked off my mom's insurance and had to quit both. Now I'm back to how I always was. Fucked. I've been reading up on AvPD, and I'm wondering if I've been misdiagnosed? I dont have a lot of faith in self-diagnosis for myself. But maybe that's why the therepy didnt take?
So, where's the line between social phobia and avoidant?
There is no line between SP and AvPD. Like all mental disorders, they are just names used to describe a common set of symptoms that could be related. The symptoms are the problem, the names are just for classification.
_________________ I did not call myself Pyrophosphate because of the importance of whatever biological process it is a part of.
I called myself Pyrophosphate because of the importance of the bag of marshmallows from which I read it.
I had two previous girlfriends and I didn't really care for them. what dead relationships, I couldn't play the part for long. it's also the only way I know how to be with a girl -- to feel nothing for them, as you said. how empty
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