I told my daughter (17) late last year of my diagnoses.
I just never knew how to tell her. I did start a journal in 09 and over the years it grew so much that I figure if something ever happened to me or if they wanted to know about me this would be it. One thing about Avoidance is its impossible to explain and for people to understand the true full extent of shame and worthlessness so i figure written in true accounts would show what i hide from eyes.

One thing that bothered me was being able to explain in a balance manner.
She is a very bubbly person who has this love for life which makes me proud but i can't look at her in the face without welling up with happiness.

Late last year she was lost for a topic choice for her final year so i said "do something on mental health"... what about Avoidant personality disorder? Knowing full well she had never heard of it before.

We sat down together while she typed and researched AvPD for a few hours, I was able to point her to material that best represented the disorder.. all with out emotion.
To leave the emotion out was important to me. This way i wouldn't break down and she would learn about Avoidance from a educational view point.

Afterwards she asked me how i knew so much on Avoidance to which i said "you know my friend X has Avoidance.. to her reply being is that why?
I pointed at a book with Avoidance personality Disorder down the spine and said no half talking and half crying saying, its because I have been diagnosed with it too.... more tears with her telling me in a hug something like Don't take this wrong but you know thats cool!