Hello I.Am.The.End. welcome here. Sounds like you've learned to cope with AvPD to some extent, at least good insofar as you're able to get out and mingle with people. I can relate very much to being able to do 'normal' things, but unable to get close to people. Or maybe that's not being able to let people get close to me, not sure on that one...

Twice welcome too, not sure that there's enough traffic here to be of much help to someone wanting to find out how to help another with AvPD, but you can only ask. Maybe start a thread or two with questions you'd like answers to?

As for checking in today, I'm not sure how I feel - bleh. Post Christmas let down maybe. Have to go to the hairdresser's tomorrow and that's making me anxious I HATE having my hair done it really brings out my latent paranoia . Anyone else hate doing things like that which most people would see as something to look forward to?