Yeah, I had a therapist who wanted to do something like that. Problem one - reliving traumas. Not interested. And listening to calming sounds - well, if I was thinking about my traumas while listening to them, all that would happen is the calming sounds would become Pavlovian triggers.

The same therapist also wanted me to try Reiki aka TOUCH therapy. Nope nope nope! She said she would give me a break and use heated rocks. On my bare back. To release my chakras. I didn't work with her very much longer after she came up with that one, and I understand she's stopped doing therapy completely now.

The touch therapy - *shudder* - that one's come up before in different forms. I had another therapist who was convinced my big breakthrough would happen if I let her give me a hug. Yeah, no.

I think most people with a diagnosis of AvPD had never even heard of it before their doctor told them about it. I hear that story over and over. People who think they have AvPD, it turns out, almost always have something else. I've only met one person who suspected he might have AvPD, went to a doctor for depression, and got an independent AvPD diagnosis. And he never brought AvPD up to the doctor before his diagnosis.