Artanis
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I'm curious if other AvPD sufferers share this trait - if their avoidance of anxiety provoking situations has led them to giving up on what they desire allmost alltogether? - I had anxiety from Social Anxiety Disorder but since becoming avoidant I have more or less given up on being really social with lots of friends... and from anxiety from love-shyness I've more or less given up on ever having a close intimate relationship with a woman in order to cope with the anxiety that once caused me...
Combined with an enourmous amount of escapism and other avoidant behaviours, I am no longer crippled and traumatized by anxiety, but the price is that I had to adjust to a life without friends and give up on hoping to one day have a girlfriend...
I started listening to yet another social anxiety tape series yesterday and noticed that it seems less relevant since I'm beyond the anxiety but I don't know if I need to get back into that state of mind with all of the anxiety, stress, depression, frustration, self-loathing, etc. in order to get better in the long term...
Do other Avoidants here understand this situation?
Combined with an enourmous amount of escapism and other avoidant behaviours, I am no longer crippled and traumatized by anxiety, but the price is that I had to adjust to a life without friends and give up on hoping to one day have a girlfriend...
I started listening to yet another social anxiety tape series yesterday and noticed that it seems less relevant since I'm beyond the anxiety but I don't know if I need to get back into that state of mind with all of the anxiety, stress, depression, frustration, self-loathing, etc. in order to get better in the long term...
Do other Avoidants here understand this situation?