When avoidancy strikes

Avoide
Isolate
Shut down
Alone
Sadness
Silence

I feel ya.

I avoid everything, at all costs.

:S

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(((((Time0)))))

Sounds familiar to me too. Don't forget hiding and sleeping. Would you like to talk about what you are avoiding?

Rap

I hope you can say "no" to every one of those words on your list-- really soon.
I can relate as I battle those also.

Thinking of you Time0.

Time0 - I'm sorry your feeling it encroaching on you

Let me ask - as the wife of someone who is currently avoiding/isolating/sleeping/shutting down/stuck, what is the best thing I can do to help get them OUT of that mode? I don't want my husband to be sad for even a single minute, and it's a very helpless feeling to watch him be stuck like this.

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I think we should make an avoidance club or something...I am the queen of avoidance especially lately...

if we did that wouldnt we all just avoid going :P

(sorry, had to)

Not if we can use the avoidance group to avoid all the things we're avoiding.

Rap

With the silence comes "The Voice". So strong, so powerful.

Telling you how worthless you are. How a nothing you are in this world.

Blocks the words from people who cares for you from coming in.
Stops you from reaching out.
Blinds you from seeing open doors.
Soaks you with destroying words.
Yells at you that everytime you were hurt, you deserved it.
Built walls higher and higher, closer and closer, no entrance, nobody must get in. Why? The Voice don't say why. It just keeps on building and you keep on isolating in silence. You must not say how you are hurting inside because you are nothing.

very eloquently described ((((((((((( Time0 ))))))))))))

sucks being the "way" we are huh

PS things can change, just gotta believe it. And shut out the soaking destroying voice I know sometimes it isnt possible

Time0, this is so painful to read. All of that is SO not true. It hurts me to know that people I care about feel that way about themselves.

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Dearheart, my arms are wrapped around you, if I could take away the pain I would, the voice is jealous of you having so many friends and it needs to make you feel bad, grasp on to all of us here and hang on thight
Angie

I'm tired. Thank you!

i hope that you got a good nights rest.......we are all here for you.......look at all the responses that you got and try to realize that our voices can help you get rid of that nasty voice in your head........we love you and will help you though this

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You're like a valuable pearl to us! We will treasure you- ALWAYS!

Lean on us!

Timeo your post strikes to the very heart of me the screaming voices saying it is my fault...it's all my fault...knowing that i am a worthless piece of bbot scum...but...I am trying to learn to say it isn't my fault...I am not to blame for everything...and i hope that you can learn to stop those voices too...Hugs for you...((((((((((((((((TIMEO))))))))))))))))))))

(((((((((((time0))))))))))) I'm sorry you are in such a bad place. I understand and hope it gets better for you. Please pm me anytime.

Thank you!

I hope that people get a better understanding of the true nature of this disorder from your posts on this thread. I do not like my dx(s) being ridiculed (who does)

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" I do not like my dx(s) being ridiculed (who does) "

I'm sorry that you feel this way Fuzzy. If my post can help you out then it's great.

There is wonderful people here and I'm sure some of them do understand.

maybe judged on insufficient/biased evidence would have been a better way of putting it.

Back to the cave.

disclaimer. this is not about anyone here. I have seen some ***** doctors and a T.