Hi
I have suffering from this ever since (I'm in the forties now) but only recently I learnt I have AvPD. I struggle with things that are very simple for other people and it makes me feel ashamed and even more worthless (if this can be possible), I try many times to do things in spite of all that but my need of running away is usually stronger than me. I always have felt guilty for having these difficulties. Discovering I have a mental disorder made me feel a bit less odd at the beginning but after... I don't know... And I'm not sure if there are things I am not being able to do because they are difficult for me or it's my fault. I don't know if I have difficulties because I have AvPD or if I'm labelled with the AvPD because I behave in that way when I should do it in another (Don't know if this makes too much sense). I feel guilty but why I make nothing if it's my fault?
At present I feel very frustrated and guilty and lost.
Do you also feel guilty with this?