:-) I was thinking on giving you a word of encouragement when I noticed your thread was written in 2014. But...I see now how you are the one who will have to encourage us.
Congrats! And don't forget the feeling you are having now when you feel a bit down.

I'm so so so completely agree with you that a person can change and fight for himself even when he was taught " you are not good" or simply we are convinced of it. Even when you have a personality disorder such as AvPD, you can learn that it's your mind the one who limits you but you can do many things to revert this thinking process.
We won't be able to know ourselves better if we don't dare to live or do things.

Could you share appart from positive events in your life, the ones I'm sure you worked activelly to achive, any help you got, the process you followed, the techniques...you know, whatever you can think could be helpful to know.

Thanks for sharing!