I don't actually remember how exactly I came across the disorder. I probably typed something like "quietest kid in school" or "quieter than anyone I know" into google and just came across it and it just came up. It was around my senior year of high school I came across the term, or actually I came across "avoidant personality Disorder" which I felt described me much better. I had been like this for 5 or 6 years before hand, but I had been under the impression that something else was wrong with me, and that the inability to talk was a side effect, or even a choice that I was making until I got "better" and that I could start being social again whenever I wanted. It's when I tried to talk and realized I couldn't that I realized it was a real issue.