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Originally Posted by Mr. Cool  Bingo....there's a defined disorder for everything.
It doesn't mean you have it or it's not something you can't overcome even if you do.
Avoiding people and being generally shy is a personality quirk or habit....not a disorder IMO. |
I agree to a point but it does affect certain people more profoundly than others.
This pretty much says it all about that.
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Loss and rejection are so painful that these individuals will choose to be lonely rather than risk trying to connect with others.
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The treatment is pretty much what you said though. People just have to overcome it I suppose.
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Treatment of avoidant personality disorder can employ various techniques, such as social skills training, cognitive therapy, exposure treatment to gradually increase social contacts, group therapy for practicing social skills, and sometimes drug therapy (Comer, 1996). A key issue in treatment is gaining and keeping the patient's trust, since people with APD will often start to avoid treatment sessions if they distrust the therapist or fear rejection. The primary purpose of both individual therapy and social skills group training is for individuals with avoidant personality disorder to begin challenging their exaggeratedly negative beliefs about the self
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