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Originally Posted by Soft Blanket
I had a counselor and a psychologist years and years ago and neither one caught my AvPD. I got 'possible bipolar' from the psych, which my counselor said was nonsense and my counselor didn't diagnose me with anything at all. I, just a few years ago, found a psyhchologist who tested me, then took her time in getting to know me and testing what I would do and what I wouldn't. Then she made her diagnosis. Sometimes you have to find the right person.
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I had found the right person...who had said that I had it. On the surface I've gotten better, but I'm good at performing and apparently at manipulating people into seeing me in a more positive light so I don't seem like I have it on the surface. Most of the time I can interact with people...well, at least if I've been pushed into a situation that requires it...or I haven't talked to another person in so long that I have to (talk to another person—any person). But it's on a superficial level...right now I spend about 90%-95% of my time by myself which is way too much for me.