Venus,

Your diagnosis is completely wrong. I suffer no social anxiety and I don't have any fear of interaction - I have concern about the consequences of interacting.

I have no problem with dealing with people on an interpersonnel level. I was very successful in business as a manager and both my superiors and direct reports had very positive relationships with me. My family and I are very close - they seek out my company all the time.

However, whenever I do connect with people personally when I or they find it enjoyable, some very negative event happens soon afterward or just prior.

I choose to call it an act of God. You don't think it is God. But you cannot know that.

I believe that God is imperfect and cruel. For his amusement, he enjoys seeing suffering. Mine, of course, is not the worst. But I see the direct relationship. When I isolate - no one gets hurt.

It's surprising that your profile reveals an admiration for Kafka. If you have read "The Metamorphosis," I think you'd agree that Kafka sides with me and not you.