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Originally Posted by Leah Jade Milano
Thank you both! Ladybird, you mention that I should talk to my doctor- I'm not seeing one. Do you think I should, or should I try not to make a big deal out of all this and deal with it on my own?
Your reply was so thoughtful and makes a lot of sense. But I wonder- are there people that don't need other people? I used to think that I had schizoid personality disorder, where I don't need relationships and I enjoy my own company over others.
But, perhaps the imaginary friends and yearning to be close to a particular person point otherwise.
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I'm in exactly the same position that you are, with everything you just said, only instead of imaginary friends, i actually just talk to myself and imagine I'm a room full of people.
When I was 18 I decided I wanted to fix things on my own, and in the past 5 years I've gotten better, but only in fits and starts, and I haven't gotten near where I'd like to be. I'd say it's possible to help yourself, but I suspect that you thinking you want to do that really just means that you're afraid that you wont like being a "normal" person after all. Trust me, you want to change, take it from someone who's spent way too much time thinking instead of acting.