That's ok; I didn't think they did. At least (since I'm new here) I'm hoping they don't....

Seriously, the best social experience of my life was a decade or so I spent hanging around in ex-patient social clubs in the Boston area. Being around people who didn't automatically ostracize me for having an illness allowed me to be myself for the first (and only) time in my adult life. Most of them were run by staff, but my favorite was a place run purely by ex-patients. Eventually I had to move on, and I lost contact with most of them, but it was great while it lasted.

So yeah, I'm open to giving pc a good try.


Yeah, I know what you mean. Being paranoid as well as AvPD, I tend to think of the whole thing is terms of being singled out for attack by others but underneath that, there's a lot of shame too. I hate this weakness that prevents me from asserting myself. There's all kinds of experiences I would have wanted to have if this crap hadn't gotten in the way. It's galling to think that no matter what I try to do, this is going to come up. It's leaves me choking with helpless anger. Most of the time, I have to not think about this stuff.

Luckily for me I'm good at entertaining myself, or I'd have gone around the bend a long time ago,
and not come back...