Posted by anita on August 4, 2000, at 13:23:52
Hi all,
I recently completed a survey on social anxiety for a non-profit group. Most of the questions were about, well, anxious feelings. However, a lot of my social phobia seems to be due to simply avoiding social situations because of a reluctance to interact with people, without feeling anxious about the prospect. Also, when with people I often feel quite numb and very bored, and can't think of anything to say or even want to say anything.
So I'm wondering if Avoidant personality disorder, which is often equated with social anxiety or social phobia, is really a further step in the problem, perhaps due to the past chronic anxiety, sort of like a learned response, maybe. Interestingly, anti-anxiety meds do not help my social problems.
Anybody have any thoughts?
anita
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