Hello 5000 welcome to the forum. Glad you could relate your symptoms to a potential dx in a way that at least gives you a sense of clarity - it can be really confusing and mind-wrecking not having some kind of structure to so many diverse symptoms. I find so anyway

And well done you for posting, it does take courage so it's a big deal that you've done so!

As for fixing this set up - hm yeah well all answers gratefully received too. I have no idea, although I reckon between us if we put our heads together we'd probably come up with a few thoughts. I keep thinking I've come up with a solution, something I could do to get better and I never seem able to see it through - in my case it all comes down to how I experience myself (absence of self esteem, sense of badness, being unlikeable, unacceptable, unwantable etc etc that doesn't just relate to how others see me but how I experience myself in my own head .)

So all my attempts to fix myself revolve around trying to find ways to feel safe and ok inside my own head. Get to feel good about yourself and dealing with people becomes a doddle. That's the general idea anyway.

Lol sorry for the long post, I only meant to welcome you and got a bit sidetracked thinking about fixing this disorder. I hope you'll stick around 5000 and tell a bit more about yourself. Welcome again

Torn