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Also, one of the key troubles for people with AVPD is their desire for close companionship and deep relationships, but they believe that such relationships are impossible for them to achieve because of who they are. They believe that, even if all their social anxiety were to disappear tomorrow, they are such an undesirable person that no one would want to be close to them. People with social anxiety do not need to believe that.
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Bingo. Also the part about the deep dark secret is spot on. Spot on. I am an AvPD to the core. And the interesting thing is that I've taken care of a lot of the social anxiety, but the avoidant part just goes deeper inside. As an ex told me recently, it's like there's an invisible wall holding me back.
Now does anyone have any kind of treatment plan that's worked for them?