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sarah78

New member
So I believe I have AvPD..I have almost all the symptoms and have for as long as I can remember. I don't know why my last psych didn't pick up on it, I have always been diagnosed with GAD. I always thought I was somewhat SA, but AvPD is a much more fitting diagnosis. So I only recently discovered this disorder when looking up SA symptoms for the 50th time. I am sorta happy to finally know why I am the way I am, but of course anxious and sad about it too. With GAD, one can overcome that and I have many times, but this is lifelong. Of course I am LOL cause that's like saying I can't overcome me!! It is who I am and who I have always been. My mom is the very same.

I was extremely shy/fearful as a child and suffered rejection from peers in school. I would have horrible nightmares about being criticized and hated going to school. At age 11 I was diagnosed with GAD and its been a battle ever since.

I also turned into an alcoholic because of it, in order to get over my social fears.

I want to know what sort of therapy has worked for this disorder and how much hope is there for us to lead normal social lives without the major fear of rejection, if ever????

I was going to join a CBT group last spring for my anxiety, but I got over it on my own, would CBT work with our negative, self defeating, critical thoughts??

Thanks and please don't reject me ;-)

Sarah
 

philly2bits

Well-known member
Welcome to SPW. I have had no treatment such as CBT as of yet, although there is no shortage of people here who can share some of their experiences with it.
 

Danfalc

Banned
Thanks and please don't reject me ;-)

You shouldn't ever have to feel rejected here,and welcome to the site!

I've struggled with addiction myself so I know how hard that can be :) I
As for would c.b.t help our negative, self defeating, critical thoughts? I'm not sure,everyone responds differently to medication and therapy.But c.b.t seems to be aimed at correcting our negative thought patterns so it should in theory help.:)

I personally found it very hard to stick to,but I really think it could help most people if they are ready for it.
 

Devrium

Well-known member
welcome to SPW! As far as therapy goes... and well I don't have AvPD but I do have SA, BPD, and Depression and I know that personally CBT never worked for me. I used to do psychotherapy and that helped immensely. I don't have a counselor anymore tho and I really wish I did :/ you could look up psychotherapy techniques and compare them to CBT techniques and see if it sounds like it would help you any? I dunno xD There are lots of different therapy's and approaches out there at least!
 
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