Hi Torn and OrangeMoira,
About group therapy......a couple of years ago, I was in an Intensive Outpatient Program where there was group therapy for about 3 hours each day (at that point I was in treatment for Chronic Depression and Major Depression with Psychotic Features and had never heard of Avoidant Personality Disorder). It literally took me 3 months to get somewhat comfortable in a group setting and then when I was just starting to get somewhat used to it, the insurance ended it. That created another adjustment for me (back to once a week tdoc sessions).

I have a really good tdoc (clinical psychologist) that I see every Friday at 8 a.m. Having this consistency is very important to me.

I do not like the term "fantasizing", but tdoc tells me that I do this. My fantasizing is about suicide - always a plan in place.