Since discovering this site, I have found so many common personality glitches that I thought were my own 'freak' abnormalities. I'm now wondering if anyone else is equally afraid they won't be able to 'shake' a clingy new friend if it doesn't work out (and it NEVER does...) as much as they fear some rejection from the said new friend if you DO like them?
My mother was constantly trapped by her situation into entertaining neighbors ~ but never actually liking any of them...I assume that's were I've developed the fear, but maybe it's a common AvPD trait?