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Old 8th July 2009, 17:32
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Default When was the first time you remember avoiding people?

I was about 6 years old.

Some of my family came over and I hid in a bedroom.

I was'nt even aware of myself or the world at that age yet I still avoided people.
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Old 8th July 2009, 17:49
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bout 10ish, always scared of my cousins. They were so loud!
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Old 8th July 2009, 17:55
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I remember feeling fear but no idea why.
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Old 8th July 2009, 18:00
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part of my avoidant personality disorder is not being able to bear physical contact

when i was diagnosed a big part was based on not only my lack of social skills and anxiety but on the fact that as a baby i would not be cuddled, i just cried when i was picked up!

so i guess ive been avoiding human contact all my life

this has been much more of a problem over the last 4 years when avpd has disrupted my work, my homelife everything

when i was in outpatients after my diagnosis i was 'studied' by a psychology student, as i was thought to be interesting lol

however i found out loads about avpd thru her and about myself too
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Old 8th July 2009, 18:02
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at a young age but started having panic attacks at 13 yrs old,and still with me today.
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Old 8th July 2009, 18:14
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about 7 years old, it wasn't serious until I was older though.
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Old 8th July 2009, 18:28
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When I was 9 I was at a family 'do' and I suddenly became upset and distressed for no reason. After leaving for a while, I came back in but it happened again.
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Old 8th July 2009, 18:37
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Default Re: When was the first time you remember avoiding people?

When I was about 5 or 6, and didn't want to go to school
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Old 8th July 2009, 20:52
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since forever really, it really kicked in when I was about 7 when my dad died
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Old 8th July 2009, 20:56
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From as far back as I can remember.
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Old 8th July 2009, 22:12
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At some point while I was at my first uni, around 19 or 20...
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Old 9th July 2009, 15:23
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Since I was about 5. I spent years putting on a front and somehow "coped" but it became very difficult and unbearable when I went to college. I was bullied during that period of my life and it made my social anxiety worse.
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Old 9th July 2009, 15:54
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The first time I was actually aware of it I was probably about 4. It was one christmas and we had a selection of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, there.
I remember being overwhelmed by it all and taking myself off to my bedroom. After a while my dad came up and told me off for being 'rude' and made me go back downstairs.
Before that I was always shy and reserved with strangers, but that christmas was the first time I was aware of being anxious even with people I knew quite well.
Too far back for me to remember, but apparently even when I was a baby I didn't like people being around me. When my parents had visitors I'd crawl under the table and stay there until they left. And I would apparently get upset and cry if they talked or laughed loudly.
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