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Pax!
How do they diagnose someone with AvPD? |
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According to the American Psychiatric Association, it's a widespread and persistent pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and fear of negative evaluation which starts by early adulthood, and that interferes with a person's functioning and/or causes significant distress. Also, at least four of the following must be present:
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How the people at the psychiatry centre find our that an "avoidant" has some of these symptoms? Another problem I guess would the fact that "avoidants" avoid psychiatrists.
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What I find confusing is I can say a mild "Yes" to ALL of those criteria, except it isn't fully "active" all the time, it has triggers. When the trigger situations are met, BOOM! I'm 100% all those things until a specific situation changes. The rest of the time I'm just a somewhat brooding, slightly socially phobic person. Go figure that one out.
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god, I'm a resounding YES to all of those. perhaps I should mention this to my therapist
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