I suppose it makes sense. I have no close friends and I completely avoid social situations unless I have to be in them. It would explain why I always feel like the center of (negative) attention in any given room, or why I always feel like I'm annoying people or that I sound smug.
The doctor told me people with AVPD often have trouble understanding who they are as a person, and can't latch onto specific identities, but I haven't thought about that much. The pamphlet and stuff I'm reading online also seems to suggest AVPD has such overlap with social/general anxiety they're almost the same thing.
Anyone else have experience with this?
Kind of maybe? I've been diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder
And my (non-psychologist/psychiatrist) therapist has said I display some traits/concerns of AVPD, BPD, NPD (narcissism), ASD (Autism). Never tried to get any of the above formally diagnosed by a psychologist/psychaitrist though cause I know there's a lot of negative societal effects if these are on your medical record
After like 10-15 years of thinking I'm just depressed, I discovered this and realized it's a perfect explanation for my problems. It actually helped me see my problems as something I could potentially deal with somehow. I still haven't really made much progress on that front yet, though.