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Yes, I understand the (yuck) notion of facing rejection.
Psych profs – that sounds great!! Maybe they have a grad student who would be interested in some thesis research?
There are the DBT classes for borderline so that at least sets a precedent. I got the DBT book but it didn’t look like that would help me – although I do have strong emotions sometimes.
Do you have an idea of what you want in the classes? My thought is that for AvPD a safe, structured setting where social connection energies could “bubble up” (becoming “revitalized”) could be good. Eventually, a class in facing and dealing with rejection would also probably be an unpleasant, but required, part of the curriculum?
What is most problematic for me is that my strong energies, ideas, and feelings may be experienced as offensive, pushy, or controlling and I don’t know it, or why the other person feels that way. So what I need is a class where people, who know my typical difficulties, can give me feedback without rejecting me. If the feedback is given in a critical, angry, or rejecting manner, then I can cut the rejection feelings or reactive anger off but then I’m not able to receive the information and learn.
So these are probably different class objectives but I would certainly like to learn how people with AvPD typically respond, too. That would help me with my own “social learning” objectives, too. Does that sound too off-putting for you?
What do you think? And how would you feel about having people with other PD's in the classes? But maybe just restrict it to Cluster C?
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