I'm in total shock... but for two of the critieria on the list at the link I have every single other one!!
- Hypersensitivity to criticism or rejection
- Self-imposed social isolation
- Extreme shyness or social anxiety in social situations, though feels a strong desire for close relationships[3]
- Avoids physical contact because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus
- Avoids interpersonal relationships
- Feelings of inadequacy
- Severe low self-esteem
- Self-loathing
- Mistrust of others
- Emotional distancing related to intimacy
- Highly self-conscious
- Self-critical about their problems relating to others
- Problems in occupational functioning
- Lonely self-perception
- Feeling inferior to others
- In some more extreme cases-- Agoraphobia
- Utilizes fantasy as a form of escapism and to interrupt painful thoughts[4]
- Susceptibility to substance abuse as a way of escapism.
Apart from the agoraphobia and the substance abuse I have all of the rest!! I never realised it before, but it's true.
I feel such a let-down to my family...
