Not necessarily. I can talk to anyone about anything - so long as I'm sure I'll never run across them again. It's ongoing relationships where I could be judged, and see and feel the judgement, that I can't tolerate. They are definitely separate things.

Everyone has individual quirks. It's easy to let yourself just roll yours into the diagnosis and assume everyone else experiences the same thing as you do. However, when one makes that kind of assumption, well, you know what happens when people assume... There are even extroverted avoidants. I can't even imagine how torturous that must be.