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The deal is, I've been asked to give a speech about SA at an education center. They help young people with anxiety and other disorders get their GED's and such. My aunt works there and when she found out from my mom that I had SA/AVPD, she came to me. After thinking it over I said yes, but the...

"...his inability to sit quietly in a room alone." Blaise Pascal wrote this, and while I don't agree with it entirely, I think it's a powerful statement. Everywhere I look I see people causing trouble for themselves and others. Arguing in public, shooting each other, bombing marathons. Even...

I'm at my lowest point ever because of AVPD and depression. A few weeks ago, I quit my first reliable full-time job. I worked third shift at a WalMart but I couldn't stand to be there anymore. I was so desperate to get out that I didn't get a new job beforehand, and before long I was broke and...

I did that today. I told my grandparents I was going to come over and watch the football game with them, but I woke up later than I was expecting and just didn't want to go, so I told them we'd try it another night. ::(: That kind of thing happens fairly often. Back when I lived with my mom and...

I do. At first it was the only thing I could say for sure. I didn't know what was wrong with me. I'm undiagnosed and fear the idea of going to a therapist, as it would just confirm to everyone I know that something's wrong...but I'm 99% sure I've got AvPD. I found the definition online somehow...