Hi - I'm new here

[Loneranger]

Hi everyone - I'm a newbie

Haven't been officially diagnosed with a disorder - I just know that I’ve been struggling with ‘something’ all my life.

I strongly feel - from what I have recently been reading - that I have Avoidant Personality Disorder along with traits from other personality disorders.

This is a revelation to me - a shock to me - insight to me - all kinds of things!
I always thought that - as if by magic - something was going to happen in my life and I was going to become a social whiz (thought I was going to turn out - somehow - just like my very social sister). Now I realize that this isn’t very likely to happen as I don’t actually trust or like many people very much.

I wish that I had a better understanding as to how or why I turned out this way. I would love to ‘feel at ease’ around people because it’s very difficult to avoid them in everyday life.

Anyway - don’t want to rattle on too much to begin with. This is my introduction if anyone cares to read it. I would like to hear from and learn about others who have disorders as part of their everyday life.

Take care
LR x

[kaudio]

Welcome to the community, Loneranger. If you are not already aware, there is a great deal of information (http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=topics) about various disorders on this site. The staff of Mental Help Net also write articles (http://www.mentalhelp.net/) and podcasts (http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=121) which may be of use to you.

Also, the features of this forum are explained in detail on the FAQ (http://community.mentalhelp.net/faq.php). I am sure that you will find the other members here very supportive, and I hope you find what you are looking for.

[Loneranger]

Thank you for the welcome Kaudio. I listened to some of those podcasts - I found then very interesting :) thanks for pointing them out.